Awesome Stuff Women Did

Because women have done more in the past 10,000 years than just pop out babies and make sandwiches.

DISCLAIMER: We make no claim that all women featured here are saints. They did awesome stuff; the women themselves might not have been. Keep that in mind before sending angry notes.

(via xkcd: Marie Curie)

(via xkcd: Marie Curie)

Pioneered the field of radioactivity, discovered polonium and radium, ran mobile X-ray units on the battlefields of WWI, oversaw the earliest research into radiation for cancer treatments, forced a reconsideration of the foundations of physics,  while being the first person to win two Nobel Prizes. (Marie Curie)

Pioneered the field of radioactivity, discovered polonium and radium, ran mobile X-ray units on the battlefields of WWI, oversaw the earliest research into radiation for cancer treatments, forced a reconsideration of the foundations of physics,  while being the first person to win two Nobel Prizes. (Marie Curie)