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This is a historical list dealing with women scientists in the 20th century. During this time period, women working in scientific fields were rare. Women at this time faced barriers in higher education and often denied access to scientific institutions; in the Western world, the first-wave feminist movement began to break down many of these ...
Invented in 1952 by Virginia Apgar. Disposable diapers. The first disposable diaper was invented in 1946 by Marion Donovan, a professional-turned-housewife who wanted to ensure her children's cloth diapers remained dry while they slept. [ 12] Donovan patented her design (called 'Boaters') in 1951.
Madhuri Dixit (born 1967), film actress, dance sequences in Bollywood films. Geeta Kapoor (born 1973), Bollywood choreographer. Saroj Khan (born 1948), Bollywood choreographer. Hema Malini (born 1948), Bharata Natyam dancer, choreographer, actress. Vaibhavi Merchant (born 1975), Bollywood dancer, choreographer.
Lilian Bland (1878–1971), built her own aircraft; first woman to fly in Ireland [ 9] Line Bonde (born c.1979), first Danish woman to become a fighter pilot, in 2006. Maude Bonney (1897–1994), Australian aviator who was the first female to fly from England to Australia in 1933 and to South Africa in 1937. Ana Branger (born early 1920s ...
Anna May Wong a.k.a. Wong Liu Tsong. Wong was the first Chinese American movie star, both in Hollywood and internationally, and the first Asian American woman to receive a star on the Hollywood ...
Teresa K. Attwood, professor of bioinformatics. This is a timeline of women in science, spanning from ancient history up to the 21st century. While the timeline primarily focuses on women involved with natural sciences such as astronomy, biology, chemistry and physics, it also includes women from the social sciences (e.g. sociology, psychology ...
Elisabeth van Houts (born 1952) – medieval European history; Rosamond McKitterick (born 1949) – Frankish and Carolingian history; Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker (born 1940) – specialist in the position of women during the Middle Ages; Mayke de Jong (born 1950) – political and religious history of the early Middle Ages; Eileen Power (1889 ...
Virginia Travis (1930), first wife of Robert Johnson; Clare Collins (1930), first wife of Ernest McFarland; Margery Latimer (1932), writer and first wife of Jean Toomer; Nettie Harper (1932), first wife of Thomas A. Dorsey; Caletta Craft (1932), second and last wife of Robert Johnson; the mother of Joe Arpaio (1932)