Who are the women who are challenging gender stereotypes?

Science, technology, and engineering are women’s fields, yes, and these eight scientists show why. Look who they are!

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The executive and IT professional is one of the founders of the Black Money movement, a project that encourages innovation among young black entrepreneurs. She is also one of the 100 most influential black people in the world under the age of 40.

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Computer Scientist is responsible for creating cloud computing and online storage that allows data and files to be stored on servers with internet access, such as Google Drive.

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She was the first woman to graduate in the state of Paraná and also the first black engineer on a civil engineering course in Brazil. She was responsible for works at Usina Capivari-Cachoeira, the largest underground hydroelectric power plant in the South.

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A US Navy mathematician and systems analyst invented the first compiler in the 1940s, and software translates instructions into computer-readable code. I also helped create COBOL, one of the first computer languages ​​for identifying “bugs”.

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The Clarke Graphing Calculator, a tool that helps solve transmission line problems, was invented by the electrical engineer in the 1920s and is also the world’s first female electrical engineer.

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The biomedical doctor was one of those responsible for mapping the genome of the coronavirus, after the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in Brazil. It is also part of a project that is sequencing the Zika virus genome in the country.

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A physics graduate, she is the first black female physician and a professor at the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA). It specializes in semiconductors – which enable the development of mobile technology – and works against racism and gender discrimination.

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She was the first American to discover a comet. She is also a pioneer in astronomy and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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