10 Women in Science and Tech Who Should Be Household Names
It’s International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate the achievements of women around the world and throughout history. But the day is also about recognizing the hardships women face, and the continued urgency of the fight for gender equality.
That is true of WIRED’s world, too—the world of technology and science, of media and innovation. Though this magazine was co-founded by a woman, and women have been key figures in every part of scientific and technological progress, men’s narratives still dominate. Men still hold more STEM jobs. Men make more of the money. Men’s issues are treated with more respect, and funded at higher rates. Men have more power. To be a woman in science and tech and even media is often to be outnumbered, overlooked, undervalued, or harassed.
