Women Who Changed The World

Here are five notable women whose inventions made huge contributions throughout history

- JOYCE ABAÑO

Virginia Apgar
(1909-1974)

American anaesthesiologist Virginia Apgar designed and introduced the “Apgar Score,” a newborn scoring system in 1952. The first standardized method for assessing and evaluating a newborn’s transition to life outside the womb reduced infant mortality and laid the foundations of neonatology. The scoring system evaluates newborns’ health status based on their heart rate, respiration, movement, irritability, and color initially one minute after their birth. Eventually, the one-minute and five-minute Apgar Scores became standard.

Gertrude Belle Elion 
(1918-1999)