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Mary Waton (1827- c.1900 ) engineer and inventor pioneer in the fight for the environment, air pollution and noise pollution, who invented various systems to alleviate pollution in large cities. Contemporary of Eunice Foote (1819-1888) who from her kitchen was the first scientist to theorize about the relationship between the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) and significant global warming.

We can find predecessors of hers in the field of computer science and engineering such as Ada Lovelace (1815-1857) mathematician and writer considered as the first computer programmer. Mary Anderson (1866-1953), inventor of the windshield wiper and many other inventions such as the washing machine, flares or central heating, as well as great female scientists such as Maire Curie and Eleanor Ormerod, Nettie Stevens and Ellen Swallow Richards. 

Her predecessors were: The naturalist Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717), the anatomy professor Anna Morandi Manzolini (1716-1774).  Laura Bassi (1711-1778) promoted the constitution of a network of experimenters that connected Italy with the scientific culture of France and England.

Heirs of this work in engineering and environmental awareness we can find the Hungarian scientist Mária Telkes (1900-1995), considered the pioneer of solar energy. His was the design of the first house heated by solar energy, the Dover Solar House, in Massachusetts (USA). Also Ruzena Bajcsy (1933- ) Doctor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, relevant researcher in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision. In the 21st century, the young Greta Thunberg (2003- ) a Swedish activist, focused on the risks posed by global warming and environmental activism, has been at the forefront of environmental activism.

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