I'm a big Star Trek fan, but I recently realized there was a gaping hole in my knowledge: How have women contributed to Star Trek?
I'm not talking about the characters. Plenty has been written about how awesome Uhura, Kira, Janeway, and the rest are. I'm talking about the ladies BEHIND the camera -- writers, directors, costume designers, and the like.
Naturally, I began searching the webs. This is Star Trek, I thought, one of the most analyzed media franchises in history. Surely there are lists galore lauding the accomplishments of its female creators and crew!
Or not.
So, because I love these kinds of projects, I did what any normal and totally non-obsessive person would do: scoured every single Star Trek entry on IMDB searching for women in the production credits. (Awesome Women of Star Trek Library?)
Happily I found that, although information about their specific contributions is often hard to come by, many women's names are attached to this beloved world. Therefore, in the interest of internet real estate and your attention span, I'm splitting this list into multiple posts. The first was dedicated to writers. Today we focus on producers (in rough chronological order). Enjoy!
P.​P.S. Most of the info below was drawn from imdb.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com, and linked interviews. While I've done my best to be thorough, I admit my fallibility and welcome corrections. The vast majority of women credited with working on Trek have little to no information available about them, and photos are even more scarce. Also, shorts, video games, books, comics, and fan-made media are not included.

This post is a bit of a departure from the standard AWL repertoire, but I'm a huge Trekkie, and after watching the first few episodes of the new Picard series, Star Trek has been taking up a lot of my mind space lately.
I have to admit though, as much as seeing Jean Luc embody and espouse Starfleet ideals again makes me warm and fuzzy inside, Discovery is the series that lifted the franchise to a new level for me. While I may not agree with some of the creative decisions that have been made (gruesome much?!), Discovery really raised the bar with all of the incredible women it features both on and off the screen -- which got me thinking: How involved have women been in the production of Star Trek throughout its 50+ years?
My cursory online survey of "the women of Star Trek" resulted in a bunch of articles, posts, and even books about the characters and actresses, but almost nothing about the ladies BEHIND the camera. So I did what any normal and totally non-obsessive person would do: scoured every single Star Trek entry on IMDB searching for women in the production credits. (Awesome Women of Star Trek Library?)
Happily I found that, although information about their specific contributions is often hard to come by, many women's names are attached to this beloved world. Therefore, in the interest of internet real estate and your attention span, I'm splitting this list into multiple posts, with the first dedicated to women who have written for the shows or movies (in alphabetical order). Enjoy!
P.​S. Most of the info below was drawn from imdb.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com, and linked interviews. While I've done my best to be thorough, I admit my fallibility and welcome corrections. The vast majority of women credited with working on Trek have little to no information available about them, and photos are even more scarce. Also, shorts, video games, books, comics, and fan-made media are not included.