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Grace Oladunni Taylor (born 1937), Nigerian chemist, 2nd woman inducted into the Nigerian Academy of Science; Omowunmi Sadik (born 1964), chemist, educator; Margaret Adebisi Sowunmi (born 1939), botanist and environmental archaeologist; Felicity Okpete Ovai (born 1961), engineer, civil servant, politician
The hot comb was an invention developed in France as a way for women with coarse curly hair to achieve a fine straight look traditionally modeled by historical Egyptian women. [44] However, it was Annie Malone who first patented this tool, while her protégé and former worker, Madam C. J. Walker , widened the teeth.
This is a historical list dealing with women scientists in the 20th century. During this time period, women working in scientific fields were rare. Women at this time faced barriers in higher education and often denied access to scientific institutions; in the Western world, the first-wave feminist movement began to break down many of these ...
A taxon (e.g., species or genus; plural: taxa) named in honor of another entity is an eponymous taxon, and names specifically honoring a person or persons are known as patronyms. Scientific names are generally formally published in peer-reviewed journal articles or larger monographs along with descriptions of the named taxa and ways to ...
This is a list of inventions followed by name of the inventor (or whomever else it is named after). For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies . The list
The most powerful women in the world — as deemed by Forbes — have been revealed. With the release of their female-specific 2024 Power List, the magazine has crowned 100 women the ultimate ...
This is a list of notable people whose names or pseudonyms are customarily written with one or more lower case initial letters. This list includes names starting with "ff", which is a stylised version of an upper-case F, and one name with "de" followed by an upper case letter, which is standard practice for tussenvoegsels. There are large ...
This is a list of scientific units named after people. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym . By convention , the name of the unit is properly written starting with a lowercase letter (except where any word would be capitalized), but the first letter of its symbol is a capital letter if it is derived from a proper name.