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Female scientists

Name a female scientist. Hopdown accepts 704 answers here. Common answers keep your bunny near the surface; rare ones dig deeper. Women known for work in any natural science, mathematics, computing, engineering or medicine, past or present.

Most common answers

• Marie CurieExtremely common
• Rosalind FranklinExtremely common
• Ada LovelaceExtremely common
• Jane GoodallExtremely common
• Katherine JohnsonExtremely common
• Sally RideExtremely common
• Mae JemisonExtremely common
• Rachel CarsonExtremely common
• Grace HopperUncommon
• Lise MeitnerUncommon
• Dian FosseyUncommon
• Sarah GilbertUncommon
• Katalin KarikoUncommon
• Kizzmekia CorbettUncommon
• Mary SomervilleUncommon

Rare answers

• Mary LyonRare
• Eleanor GibsonRare
• Nancy HopkinsRare
• Lene HauRare
• Louise LeakeyRare
• Anita BorgRare
• Jacqueline McGladeRare
• Marsha IvinsVery rare
• Emma Perry CarrVery rare
• Cynthia MossVery rare
• Cori BargmannVery rare
• Maude AbbottVery rare
• Louisa Aldrich-BlakeVery rare
• Elsie MacGillVery rare
• Jeannette WingVery rare

Deep cuts

The answers almost nobody gives.

• Lu Gwei-djenDeep cut
• Lyudmila KeldyshDeep cut
• Maria BlascoDeep cut
• Claire VoisinDeep cut
• Aletta JacobsDeep cut
• Hertha FirnbergDeep cut
• Eleanor Mary ReidDeep cut
• Sylvia AcevedoDeep cut
• AglaonikeDeep cut
• Libbie Henrietta HymanDeep cut

Plus 664 more answers you'll have to find yourself.