Meet Hertha Ayrton, the mathematician who cleared WW1 trenches of poisonous gas
Ayrton was the first woman to recieve the Hughes Medal for outstanding research in the field of energy, but still the Royal Society refused her membership
Elizabeth Rona, the wandering polonium woman, changed radiation science forever
She survived world wars, anti-Semitism, and decades of exposure to early radiochemistry
5 facts about Marie Curie, chemist, physicist, and Nobel legend
She was the first woman to win one – much less two – Nobel Prizes