Women in Science - How They Changed the World

Women in Science.   Seven stories of women determined to bring their discoveries to the world.    Hear about a pioneering fossil hunter who left us with a famous tongue twister, and the creator of the world’s first computer programme.    Find out about a nurse who stopped hospitals from killing their patients,  and the inventor who saved thousands of soldiers from gas poisoning.   Hear how a brilliant chemist was robbed of a Nobel prize by her colleagues, and listen to the story of Britain’s first,  and only,  female Nobel winner.