Scientist
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Harriet Brooks
1876-1933, CANADA![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4621/25766620467_5d29105524_o_d.jpg)
3 POINTS
– Canada’s first woman nuclear physicist.
– Worked with Thompson, Rutherford, and Curie.
– Was forced to resign from her position as a university physics tutor once she got engaged.
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Gail Anderson
CANADA![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4757/40637412981_cf7e69df3b_o_d.jpg)
4 POINTS
– Created the world’s first database of flesh-eating insects.
– Her research has greatly helped in solving a variety of crimes.
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Alice Wilson
1881 - 1964, CANADA![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4651/40637413111_76c92ea8a6_o_d.jpg)
3 POINTS
– First Canadian woman geologist.
– First woman to be elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
– Wrote a famous children’s book on geology.
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Annie Easley
1933-2011, USA![](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2871/33938792010_0c260be1fd_z_d.jpg)
5 POINTS
– Was a rocket scientist at NASA (Centaur rocket stage).
– Developed important computer code, that is used in alternative energy, solar, and wind projects.
– Was one of the first African-Americans in her field.
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Maud Menten
1879-1960, Canada![](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4175/33938792560_98b1bbbc85_z_d.jpg)
3 POINTS
– Helped develop the Michaelis-Menten equation in biochemistry.
– Earned a medical degree (one of the first women in Canada) as well as a PhD.
– Had to move to Germany, as at the time, women were not allowed to do research in Canada.
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Caroline Herschel
1750-1848, Germany![](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2834/33481208914_130dda16b6_z_d.jpg)
3 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.