Hedy Lamarr- The glamorous actor and inventor
Hedy Lamarr, (9 November 1914- 19 January 2000), was truly unique beauty, She was an ingenious genius who planted a seed that would bloom...
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Sofya Kovalevskaya- The first woman with a doctorate in mathematics
Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya, (15 January 1850 – 10 February 1891), was a Russian mathematician who made notable mathematical, partial...
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Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai- The woman of trees
Wangarĩ Muta Maathai ( 1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011), A Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist, was the first African...
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Gladys Mae West - The woman who modelled the Earth
Gladys Mae West, (born 1930), She was born as Gladys Mae Brown in Sutherland, Virginia. West learned very early on that she didn't want...
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Nettie Stevens - dicoverer of the X and Y chromosomes
(higher level of understanding required) Nettie Maria Stevens (July 7, 1861 – May 4, 1912), was the most crucial figure involved in the...
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Margaret E. Knight - Inventor of the modern paperbag
Margaret Eloise Knight (February 14, 1838 – October 12, 1914), perhaps the inventor whose products are used daily without a thought about...
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Dr. Chien Shiung Wu- The queen of nuclear research
Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu, (May 31, 1912- February 16, 1997), A pionier and key figure in the evolution of physics. Immigrant from China to the...
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin - The woman who knew the stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, (May 10, 1900 – December 7, 1979) was a British-born American astronomer and astrophysicist was the woman who...
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