A collection of ten chapters with portraits of thirteen Hungarian women — all born before World War I and all pioneers in their scientific or scholarly fields—, this book, edited by Réka M. Cristian and Anna Kérchy, accomplished a mission commensurate with its outcome. A pioneering enterprise itself, it presents female scientific careers permeated with a sense of breaking new ground not only in the sense that these women were pioneers among other women, but, more importantly, that they made fresh scientific discoveries or introduced innovative ideas and techniques within disciplines cultivated, predominantly, by men. As such, the compendium portrays exceptional academic or intellectual women, making visible careers in disciplines ranging from education to archaeology, astronomy to medicine, mathematics to mineralogy, physics to botany, musicology to chemistry. Some of the women came from privileged backgrounds, being of the aristocracy or otherwise wealthy, with independent funds available to support their research; others were poor, with only their passion for science and desire for knowledge propelling their work. In either case, the accomplishments by which they enriched their respective fields are indisputable.