20 Forgotten Women Who Pioneered Science & Society

When it comes to science and history, we always gravitate towards the men. Yes, they did some important things. But we should focus on the women who also made scientific advances that helped shape the life we know today.Today, you’ll read about Rosalind Franklin who created Photo 51 which helped show DNA’s double-helix structure. Katherine Johnson, who worked on NASA during the space race and made the orbital calculations that guided early U.S. space missions, like the Apollo 11. And Henrietta Lacks, whose cells became the first immortal human cell line grown in laboratories.We know you want to know more about women in history, so slide in.