10 Women Who Advanced Our Understanding of Life on Earth: Quick Facts

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Two tourists walk past a large marine reptile fossil mounted on the wall in the Ichthyosaurus Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London, with informational plaques nearby.

Rachel Carson looks into a microscope in a laboratory setting, circa 1962.

Margaret Bryan Davis

Wangari Maathai in 2004 wearing a colorful blue patterned dress and matching headwrap, standing in front of a blue United Nations backdrop.

Mary Leakey stands beside a large fiberglass cast of ancient hominid footprints, holding the edge and looking toward the camera.

Margaret Morse Nice

Hear Sylvia Earle talk about her life, work, and challenges as an American oceanographer and explorer

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