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Examines the lives of Barbara McClintock, Maria Mayer, Rosalyn Yalow, and Rita Levi-Montalcini, women scientists who won the Nobel Prize against extraordinary odds, in different fields and under different circumstances.

Follows the struggles and triumphs of ten women breaking through the science barriers.

Profiles nearly forty important multicultural women in scientific history, each with a hands-on activity and several critical thinking activities. Covers environmental, Earth and space, and life science; chemistry and physics; medicine; and technology.

Presents biographical profiles of ten individuals who contributed to the development of biology including William Harvey, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Charles Darwin, Sir Alexander Fleming, and others; and discusses their research and discoveries.

Presents biographical profiles of ten individuals who contributed to the development of physics including Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Michael Faraday, Lise Meitner, and others; and discusses their research and discoveries.

Brief biographies of ten American astronomers, including Maria Mitchell, Percival Lowell, and Carl Sagan.

Describes the lives and careers of fifteen women scientists who either won the Nobel Prize or participated significantly in a Nobel Prize-winning project.

Presents biographical profiles of ten individuals who contributed to the development ofspace and astronomy including Copernicus and Galileo, Johannes Kepler and Benjamin Banneker, Robert Goddard, Wernher von Braun, and others; and discusses their research and discoveries.

Biographies of 12 women pioneers and leaders in a variety of scientific fields.

Biographies of fifty women scientists who have made significant contributions in scientific fields, such as Marie Curie, Dian Fossey, and Margaret Mead.