Women have played a special role in the development of the field of human nutrition. Although the origin of nutrition as a science is usually dated from the work of Lavoisier about 200 years ago, the emergence of studies of human nutrient requirements coincides with the entry of women into the science in the early 1900s.
From: Contributions of Women to Human Nutrition by Janet C. King. J Nutr. 2003 Nov;133(11):3693-7. (full-text)
