"A collection of profiles of some of history's most fascinating female scientists."-- Provided by publisher.

Technology and invention : Ada Lovelace -- Hertha Ayrton -- Hedy Lamarr -- Ruth Benerito -- Stephanie Kwolek -- Grace Murray Hopper ; The Earth and stars : Maria Gaetana Agnesi -- Maria Mitchell -- Emmy Noether -- Sophie Kowalevski -- Annie Jump Cannon -- Marguerite Perey -- Marie Tharp -- Yvonne Brill -- Sally Ride ; Health and medicine : Ellen Swallow Richards -- Anna Wessels Williams -- Alice Hamilton -- Alice Ball -- Helen Taussig -- Elsie Widdowson -- Virginia Apgar -- Jane Wright -- Florence Nightingale ; Biology : Maria Sibylla Merian -- Jeanne Villepreux-Power -- Mary Anning -- Barbara McClintock -- Rachel Carson -- Ruth Patrick -- Rita Levi-Montalcini -- Rosalind Franklin -- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow.