Forgotten women: the scientists

Women have long been under-represented in science. And on top of that, the achievements and work of the women who did make it are often left out of historical accounts and textbooks, their work either attributed to the men in their lives or omitted altogether.

Forgotten women attempts to redress this balance. Part of a series of books looking to uncover the lost histories of women who did not achieve the fame of their male counterparts, this book brings together 48 women from a wide range of scientific disciplines and tells their stories.