Cards
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( scientist | project | modifier | technique |)
Caroline Herschel
1750-1848, Germany3 POINTS
– She discovered 8 comets.
– First woman to be paid by a government for scientific contributions.
– An asteroid, a comet, and a moon crater all bear her name.
Rosalind Franklin
1920-1958, England4 POINTS
– Made key contributions (which were not acknowledged at the time) to the discovery of the structure of DNA.
– After her death, 2 Nobel prizes were awarded to her collaborators.
Sophia Kowalevski
1850-1891, Russia4 POINTS
– Did 3 times as much work to become the first European woman to earn a mathematics PhD.
– Taught herself math from textbooks.
– Made important original contributions to differential equations and mechanics.
Hedy Lamarr
1914-2000, Austria/USA2 POINTS
– Co-invented spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology, which are now used in WiFi, GPS, and more.
– Was a glamorous Hollywood film star; having starred in 30 films.
Maria Sibylla Merian
1647-1717, Germany2 POINTS
– First to observe and document the metamorphosis of a butterfly.
– One of the most significant contributors to entomology.
– Was an accomplished botanical artist.
Alice Ball
1892-1916, USA3 POINTS
– First woman and African-American Masters graduate from the University of Hawaii.
– Developed a leprosy treatment that was still in use until the 1940s.
– However, after her death, the president of the university took credit for her treatment.