Women Who Built The Modern World

About this episode

The episode highlights the contributions of women whose discoveries have shaped the modern world across various fields.

What if the modern world looked different because the credits finally did too? We set out to restore names to the ideas that power daily life, sharing sixteen stories of women whose discoveries span DNA’s double helix, nuclear fission, pulsars, parity violation, microbial genetics, and the X/Y blueprint of sex determination. From there we move through materials and medicine—Kevlar’s lifesaving strength, Scotchgard’s spill-proof chemistry, a windshield wiper that made storms drivable, a lepros...

People in this episode

Host: Leticia Caminero

Topics covered

• women in science
• historical contributions
• technology
• medicine
• innovation
• gender equality

Keywords

• women
• science
• technology
• innovation
• history
• medicine
• discoveries

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Kevlar, Scotchgard, windshield wiper

Books & works: DNA’s double helix, nuclear fission, pulsars, parity violation, microbial genetics, X/Y blueprint of sex determination

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