They be smart... deal with it.

[xoxoxoBruce]

1. Cornelia Clapp (1849–1934) earned both the first and second (from Syracuse and Chicago, respectively) biology doctorate degrees awarded to a woman in the U.S.

34. Melba Roy Mouton was a mathematician who graduated from Harvard and later led a group of mathematicians at NASA who were known as “computers” for their intense calculations.

Here are the 32 in between.