As recently as the past century, society believed that women could not understand machinery at any capacity. Well, the society said a lot of things about women in medicine as well, but just as our famous female doctors proved, many do not know what they are talking about.

The female inventors we are going to present you with today fought their entire careers to prove the world wrong and boy, are we glad they did!



They stood up for what they believed in and used their success to further others’. They lived extraordinary lives, each with her own captivating story to tell.

While most of these famous female scientists and women inventors worked in the 19th and 20th centuries, you will find here a few modern faces as well, because the struggle goes on.