The guild rules of Europe during her lifetime did not allow women to paint with oils, but that didn’t stop Maria Sibylla Merian from creating scientific illustrations of insects documenting their life cycles.
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Today we’re celebrating the birthday of a woman that Einstein called a “creative mathematical genius,” Emmy Noether.
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Caroline Herschel discovered eight comets, and was the first professional female astronomer.
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Chemist Ida Tacke Noddack was the first woman in Germany to hold a professional position as a chemist, and helped discover the element rhenium.
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