Widowed at 39 with four daughters to support, this inventor, social activist and conservationist discovered new methods of water conservation and irrigation and became the leading commercial grower of walnuts in the United States. (Harriet's ideas were used in the construction of the Hoover Dam.)
Mary was a pioneer in the transport and storage of perishable food and designed a refrigerated box car. The “Ice Woman” as she was nicknamed by The New Yorker, spent more than 40 years developing innovative techniques to better store and ship dairy products, poultry, eggs and fish.
A Mexican biochemist and researcher, Evangelina worked with plant breeder Dr. Surinder Vasal to create QPM - Quality Protein Maize - to help malnourished children, and to produce healthier livestock around the world. She was the first woman to receive the World Food Prize (in 2000).
Anna was a dairy farmer from New Jersey who was issued five patents for inventions to improve dairy production, and perhaps her most famous invention was the Hygienic Glove Milker—the first milking machine, which paved the way for other inventors to develop milking machines used today.
After Barbara received her doctorate in botany, her study of genetic mutations in corn and maize led to her discovery of “jumping genes” - and allowed scientists to understand how bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics and even how cancer cells can invade healthy cells. Won the first unshared Nobel Prize in medicine ever awarded to a woman.
Alice's landmark work on pathogenic bacteria in dairy products was central in gaining acceptance of the pasteurization process to prevent disease.
India’s first female botanist and the first Indian woman to receive a doctorate degree in botany in the U.S, she pioneered both indigenous and gendered environmental approaches to land use. A magnolia and rose hybrid are named after Janaki, to honour her life's work.
“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman." - Virginia Woolf
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