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Carmen C. Velasquez : 1913-1994
Carmen C. Velasquez

Ignaz Semmelweis, 1818 – 1865
Ignaz Semmelweis is considered the father of hygiene, but it took many years of hard work on his part before his theory that washing hands between patients was accepted in his homeland of Hungary, and many years after his death before it was accepted in other countries.

Mother of Biology - Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647-1717
The oldest record of a woman that succeeded working on a scientific endeavor was Maria Sibylla Merian, who lived from 1647 to 1717 in Germany.

Mother of Biology, Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647-1717
The oldest record of a woman that succeeded working on a scientific endeavor was Maria Sibylla Merian, who lived from 1647 to 1717 in Germany.

Reginald Crundal Punnett, 1875-1967
Reginald Crundal Punnett brought Gregor Mendel's genetic observations to the world. A graduate of Cambridge, he continued his research there after college and became a professor, applying mathematics to biology to solve genetic mysteries.

Rosalind Elsie Franklin, 1951 – 1953
How does that saying go? Behind every great man is an even greater woman?