Synopsis This encyclopaedia provides accessible accounts of a range of women scientists who have pioneered in one or the other fields of science and have been appreciated all over the world for their scientific achievements. The entries included in this have been arranged in alphabetical order. Each scientist has been described giving her age, domicility, area of specialisation and major scientific achievements. This set will be useful for students of chemistry, physics, mathematics, information technology, computer science, botany, zoology, environment and biochemistry. This set will also be useful for a general reader with a little bit of interest in science but possessing scientific consciousness.