4000 years of womens in science

4,000 years of women in science, in technology and other altogether creative stuff! Did you know that? Science is a traditional role for women. Dr. Deborah Crocker at the University of Alabama and Dr. Sethanne Howard retired from the US Naval Observatory maintain this site. They are both astronomers. They dedicate this site to all those wonderful women of our past.
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit." Helen Keller
We wish we could research in depth all the women listed. There is just too much information and too little time! As we learn more, we add it to this page. Please share what you know with us. Inventors, scholars and writers as well as mathematicians and astronomers are welcome. We hope you enjoy learning about some of these women, and that you use this page to start your own interests in the history of women and their technical contributions. If you don't find the woman you are looking for in the historical lists, perhaps she is Follow the 20th century women link and find out.
4000 Years of Women in Science now presents the Living Witch of Agnesi. This animated GIF illustrates the curve known as the Witch of Agnesi that was studied by Maria Agnesi.