The answer is the same for both women and men as long as we have been human. One of the defining marks of humanity is our ability to affect and predict our environment. Science the creation of structure for our world, technology the use of structure in our world and mathematics the common language of structure, all have been part of our human progress, through every step of our path to the present. Women and men together have researched and solved each emerging need.
Successful science works repeatedly.
The test of science is whether the work can be tested, repeated and used by others. The common attributes of a scientist are luck, education, ability and sweat. Both women and men share these attributes. When we, as scientists, wear blinders, we fail. Science does not succeed by using only one view, by using only one tool, by using only one person's thoughts, by looking at something only one way.