8. Jane Goodall
Still working today, Jane Goodall was one of the first female scientists to get down and dirty with fieldwork. The British primatologist is the world’s top expert on chimpanzees due to her 55-year-long time studying the wild chips in Tanzania’s Gomber Stream National Park. She was the first person to discover how chimps create and use tools. Previously, research indicated that humans were the only ones to do this, but Goodall proved them wrong she watched them fishing for termites with uniquely prepped sticks.
