STEM Field Facts
This field, alongside engineering, has the largest gender disparity in STEM.
Computer Science
The moon has been visited by how many women?
None
This woman was a pioneer in aviation and was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. (She was also in Night at the Museum)
Amelia Earhart
Elizabeth Magie invented the first board game that would later inspire this popular board game still played today.
Monopoly
This woman was the first to win a Nobel Prize and remains the only person to win in two different scientific fields.
Marie Curie
Women make up this percentage of the STEM workforce.
26% - 35%
This woman was the first American woman in space.
Sally Ride
This woman was a revolutionary in chemistry and physics. She discovered not only two elements but has one element named after her.
Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie
In the 1960s, Marie Van Brittan Brown invented what safety technology that still keeps homes safe today?
Video home security system
This astronaut became the first American woman to travel to space in 1983.
Sally Ride
Black and Hispanic women make up this percentage of the STEM workforce.
11-16%
If you were to travel to the hottest planet, what planet would you be going to?
Venus
This woman was NASA'S first black female engineer. The movie "Hidden Figures" is based off of her.
Mary W. Jackson
Mary Anderson invented what part of a car that keeps cars safe and water away?
Windshield wiper
This scientist helped discover the structure of DNA but did not receive credit for it during her lifetime.
Rosalind Franklin
How many women have won Noble Prizes in science?
26
This woman was the first African American woman in space?
Mae Jemison
This scientist has spent her whole life studying and researching primates. She revolutionized our knowledge on chimpanzees.
Jane Goodall
Marion Donovan invented what accessory for babies that revolutionized child care and hygiene?
Disposable diapers
This African American mathematician's calculations were crucial for NASA’s first successful space missions.
Katherine Johnson
What is the difference in average annual earnings of women in STEM careers and the average annual earnings of men in STEM careers?
23,800
How many stars are in the Milky Way galaxy?
100 billion
This woman was the first Native Hawaiian woman to not only receive a PhD in a scientific field but to work at Stanford University. She has her own genus of algae named after her; Abbottella.
Dr. Isabella Abbott
Female scientist Stephanie Kwolek helped create Kevlar, a material used in what protection accessory for law enforcement and more?
Bulletproof vest
This woman developed the first computer algorithm, making her one of the first-ever computer programmers
Ada Lovelace