60) Salima Ikram Egyptologist and Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo Born: 1965, Lahore, Pakistan She has worked in archaeology in Greece, the United States, Egypt, the Sudan, and Turkey. Salima holds a PhD in Egyptian Archaeology from Cambridge University. Her several digs and archaeology bids in Egypt include the Animal Mummy…
59) Sarah Parcak She makes satellite technology look cool Born: 1979, Bangor, Maine, United States of America Archaeologist, Egyptologist and Professor at the University of Alabama Birmingham’s Department of Anthropology. Sarah holds her PhD in Egyptian Archaeology from Cambridge University. She is a National Geographic Society Research Fellow. Sarah and her husband worked together on…
58) Tatiana Proskouriakoff. Archaeologist who was one of the first to become known for Maya studies in Mexico and Central America. Born: 23 January 1909, Tomsk, Russia Died: 30 August 1985, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America Tatiana was also instrumental in decoding Mayan hieroglyphs. She would become linked to Piedras Negras one of the…
57) Doris Zemurray Stone. Archaeologist and anthropologist focusing in Honduras and Other Central American Countries. Born: 19 November 1909, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America Died: 21 October 1994, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America Doris began working in the 1920’s; because of her father’s business ventures she traveled frequently to Honduras, Costa Rica,…
56) Kathleen Kenyon Archaeologist Most Remembered for Helming the Excavation of Jericho. Born: 5 January 1906, London, United Kingdom Died: 24 August 1978, Wrexham, United Kingdom The excavation took the site all the way back to the Stone Age and showed it to be the oldest continually occupied human site ever discovered. Kathleen first worked…
55) Jyoti Singh She was Going to be a Doctor Born: 1989, India Died: 29 December 2012, Singapore Sadly, when you Google her name the top result is the Wikipedia page about the trial and the names of the men who hurt her come up!! They were found guilty thank the gods but one of…
36) Sherilyn “Sheri” McCoy Who Says Business and Science Can’t Mix? Born: 1959, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States of America Former CEO of Avon Beauty (from 2012 to 2018). She became a director of Novocure in 2018. Before working at Avon, she was pretty high up on the Board of Directors for Johnson and Johnson. Sheri…
19) Mae C Jemison Yes, you can buy her Lego mini figurine and it’s so cute!! Born: 17 October 1956, Decatur, Alabama, United States of America Astronaut known for being the first African American woman to ever go to space. She is fluent in English, Swahili, Russian, and Japanese. Mae is the youngest of three…
18) Sally Ride The First American Woman to Go to Space Born: 26 May 1851, Encino, California, United States of America Died: 23 July 2012, La Jolla, California, United States of America The first American woman to become an astronaut after entering space in 1983 aboard the space shuttle Challenger working as a mission specialist….
17) Elizabeth Blackburn She researches and teaches, so take that those who say if you can’t do, teach. Born: 36 November 1948, Hobart, Australia Former President of Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Elizabeth was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 with two others. According to the Nobel Prize website, Elizabeth was awarded…