100 cool female scientists
A
We have a small campaign called MINT Heroine of the Month. We quickly noticed that when we look at who we want to introduce next, we only think of MINT heroines from the past. Stupid, right?
So at the beginning of 2025 we put out a call to see who knew any cool female scientists. We wanted to collect 100 and that's right: there are lots of them, but they aren't really known outside of their own bubble, not even the super-famous ones.
We have found that it is similar for men, but you can ask yourself: How many cool scientists do you know?
B
We received a lot of submissions with suggestions like: Take a look here. Yes, exactly, there are many initiatives, websites and projects that present great female scientists. But we actually didn't know any of them before. We just weren't deep enough in the bubble. Unfortunately, that also gives us something to think about. Those in the STEM bubble notice it, but beyond that?