"The names [of these women] are etched in history and included in this awe-inspiring collection of profiles of the most influential women in science - women whose vision, creativity, passion, and dedication changed the world" -- 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.