American cinema has, since its birth, the power of governing society's mores. With such potential, the film industry is susceptible to the same flaws that ravage a country, as movies feed off of public opinion.

In celebration of Women's History Month, female athletes reflect on their experiences and share what factors have influenced them in competing in male dominated sports.

View a timeline of the most significant events in women's history in the U.S.

Linda Godwin, scientist, teacher and retired NASA astronaut, talks about training in a water tank, her favorite dehydrated food and memories of her time in space. Born in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Godwin went...

“Don’t post that picture of us until I can edit it first,” I find myself telling my friends. I need to add a filter, adjust the brightness, alter my skin tone and sometimes even whiten my teeth or soften the texture of my skin before it graces the world of social media because, for me, the way I look isn’t perfect until I completely modify my appearance. The photo isn’t good enough for the world to see. The edits will protect my self-confidence as people won’t be able to judge the lonely pimple protruding from the center of my forehead or the stray hair that catches my eye.

“Hey sky, take off your hat; I’m on my way” were female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s parting words as she blasted into space on the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics’ (USSR) spacecraft, Vostok-6, in 1963. 

The contributions of women to the scientific research base often go unnoticed, as they have had credit for work taken away by male colleagues, been written out of textbooks and been turned away from universities and institutions for their gender. Below are five women researchers who changed the scientific landscape through their groundbreaking discoveries.