Honourable Mentions
Marie Curie
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only one to win in two different sciences.
"Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."
Ada Lovelace
The first computer programmer, who wrote the first algorithm for Charles Babbage's machine.
"That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal, as time will show."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
U.S. Supreme Court Justice and advocate for gender equality.
"Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception."
Lise Meitner
Brilliant physicist who played a crucial role in the discovery of nuclear fission
"Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity. It teaches people to accept reality with wonder and admiration."