A collection of twenty-two stories that provide information about the lives and works of women from throughout history who made significant contributions to the development of science and mathematics. Hypatia -- Emilie duChatelet -- Maria Gaetana Agnest -- Caroline Lucretia Herschel -- Sophie Germain -- Mary Fairfax Somerville -- Ada Byron Lovelace -- Maria Mitchell -- FlorenceNightingale -- Elizabeth Blackwell -- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson -- Marie Sklodowska Curie -- Emmy Noether -- Barbara McClintock -- Grace Murray Hopper-- Julia Bowman Robinson -- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow --Evelyn Boyd Granville -- Mary Ellen Estill Rudin -- Dian Fossey -- Jane Goodall -- Mary Gray.