Minimising men

We often hear that the achievements of women are minimised and instead the glory and credit is given to the men who were involved. That may be true but the reverse is true too.

Marie Curie is often held up as the discoverer of Radium. In fact Marie Curie was the most junior of three scientists working together. The others were here husband Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel.

Hedy Lamarr is frequently stated to be the discoverer of spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology. In fact she is the co-discoverer - with a man, composer George Antheil.

Even the iconic Amelia Earhart had a man with her for most of her most famous journies. The wasn't famous because her achievements were singly notable, but rather that she was the first woman to do what many men had done before her.

While Ada Lovelace is often called the first computer programmer, in fact her role was unclear. She may have simply been Babbage's copyeditor.