http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health See important genius women in history. en Copyright 2013, History.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-06-18T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo1 Pert is a noted neuroscientist who discovered the opiate receptor in the brain. http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo2 Mead was one of the world's most accomplished cultural anthropologists, introducing the western world to the ways of live of native cultures in remote areas of the globe. http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo3 Nightingale is best known for her work ministering to soldiers during the Crimean War as well as her efforts to professionalize nursing and standardize nursing education worldwide. http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo4 A primatologist, Jane Goodall has made a lifelong study of chimpanzees, and has done more than anyone else to spread understanding of their importance to the human race and advocate for their conservation. She is a United Nations Messenger of Peace and a renowned and respected conservationist. http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo5 Yalow is a nuclear physicist who spent her life researching hormones. She was awarded the 1977 Nobel Prize for Medicine. http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo6 Earle is a noted American oceanographer and underwater explorer who has logged thousands of hours underwater and worked to further human understanding of the world's oceans and their importance to the health of the planet. http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo7 Curie discovered the elements radium and polonium, and coined the term "radioactivity." She won the Nobel Prize in both physics and chemistry. http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo8 Pictured here with her father Sigmund, Anna was a leading pioneer in the field of psychoanalysis. http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo9 Cannon was an influential astronomer and the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from Oxford. http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo10 Wu was a noted nuclear scientist who worked on the Manhattan Project, the WWII-era initiative that produced the world's first atomic bombs. http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo11 Blackwell was the first woman physician in the United States. http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo12 Elion won the 1988 Nobel Prize winner in medicine for her work, along with George Hitchings, in developing drugs to treat leukemia and AIDS. http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo12 http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo13 Gerty and Carl Cori won the 1947 Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology for their work toward understanding how carbohydrates are metabolized by the body. http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo13 http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo14 Mayer and Prof. Hans D. Jenson of the University of Heidelberg in Germany were co-winners of the 1963 Nobel Prize for Physics for their joint discoveries on nuclear shell structure. http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo14 http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo15 Apgar was a noted physician who is known for her pioneering work on assessing infant health. http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo15