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| Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Kathleen Lonsdale, Mary Parsons, Kay McNulty and Mary Ward. See below for Image attributions. |
Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943 - ) who as a graduate student, discovered astronomical objects called pulsars in 1967.
Kathleen Lonsdale
(1903 – 1971), a crystallographer from Newbridge, who used new
techniques such as X-ray diffraction and Fourier spectral methods to
investigate hydrocarbons. She was also the first woman to become a
member and president of several male-dominated scientific institutions.
Mary Parsons, Countess of Rosse (1813 – 1885). An amateur astronomer and blacksmith and a pioneer in making photos from wax paper negatives.
Kay McNulty
(1921 – 2006) Software engineer and one of the six original programmers
of ENIAC, a room-sized early computer, used by the US military to
calculate artillery firing tables.
Mary Ward
(1827 –1869) Naturalist, amateur astronomer, microscopist, author, and
artist who wrote several books about her discoveries in microscopy
including A World of Wonders Revealed by the Microscope.
Image attributions:
Photo
of Jocelyn Bell Burnell at
Launch_of_IYA_2009,_Paris_-_Grygar,_Bell_Burnell.jpg: Astronomical
Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic derivative work:
Anrie, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Photo of Kay McNulty by Zebbie, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
All other images, public domain.