Isabella Karle born (as Isabella Lugoski) 1921: three-dimensional structure of molecules via diffraction of X-rays and electrons; plutonium chemistry in the Manhattan Project; see oral history interviews (2005 and 2015).
Rachel Bodley born 1831: professor of chemistry and toxicology (and later dean) at Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania; founding member (and first woman) of American Chemical Society.
Angie Turner King born 1905 (as Angie Turner): one of the earliest African-American women to earn a degree in chemistry, she taught other successful African-American women scientists
Michael Faraday enunciated first law of electrolysis, "Chemical power, like magnetic force, is in direct proportion to the absolute quantity of electricity which passes," 1832.