Home Browse Category Women in Science Category FAQs Search : Women in Science # Question 11 What was one major barrier women faced in entering engineering before the 20th century? 12 What was one of the main barriers women faced in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) until the mid-1800s? 13 When was the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) officially founded? 14 Which actress and inventor co-created frequency-hopping technology, laying the groundwork for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS? 15 Which computer scientist led the development of an algorithm that made it possible to capture the first image of a black hole? 16 Which mathematician’s calculations were essential for John Glenn’s 1962 space mission and the Apollo Moon landing? 17 Who is considered the person who first recognised the potential of computing for general programming, beyond simple calculation? 18 Who was the first person—male or female—to win two Nobel Prizes in different scientific fields, and what were those fields? 19 Who was the first woman in space, and what was the name of her spacecraft? 20 Why was the “Electrifying Women: Understanding the Long History of Women in Engineering” project created? previous12next