Great Women Productions

Great Women Scientists

Portrait Subjects

Flossie Wong-Staal

Molecular virologist who first cloned the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that caused AIDS

Florence Seibert

Florence developed a system that became the international standard for tuberculosis testing - and is still in use today.

Stephanie Kwolek

Firefighters suits. Spandex. Bullet-proof vests. Stephanie is the woman behind a wild and wonderful array of life-changing fibres

Josephine Cochran

She invented the mechanical dishwasher. (How can we thank her?)

Lise Meitner

Discovered nuclear fission with German chemist Otto Hahn. Otto won the Nobel Prize in 1944; Lise did not. After she escaped Germany and the Nazis, the continued to collaborate - (but he left Lise in the footnotes of history.)

Chien-Shiung Wu

In the 1950's, this particle physicist's landmark discovery changed what we thought we knew about how our universe operates. And Chien-Shiung Wu did it while raising a family.

Marion Donovan

Leave it to a woman to take care of this: parents, you can thank Marion for the disposable diaper - just one of Marion Donovan's many inventions.

Betty Nesbitt Graham

She invented Liquid Paper, made millions... and created a racially-integrated, wheel-chair accessible company with on-site child care facilities, an employee-owned credit union and tuition reimbursement.

Dr. Marie Equi, fierce feminist physician

Great Women Production wants to thank Girls Inc. of the Pacific North West for suggesting a portrait (below) of Oregon physician, feminist, and fierce advocate for women's rights, Dr. Marie Equi: