Pioneer women in stem
ExxonMobil women in STEM
STEM in Pop Culture
Undercredited women in STEM
“Game”-changing discoveries
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This physicist and chemist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two scientific fields.
Who is Marie Curie?
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The first woman from ExxonMobil, h-Mobil, h-Exxon elected as member of the NAE
Who is Margaret Wu?
100
This actress and inventor co-invented an early version of frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication, which is foundational to modern wireless communication.
Who is Hedy Lamarr?
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This mathematician's work at NASA was crucial to the success of the Apollo 11 mission.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
100
This scientist was the first recognized, professional woman astronmer in the United States. In 1847, she discovered a new comet which bears her name.
Who is Maria Mitchell?
200
This woman wrote the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine, often overlooked in early computing history.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
200
The location where the first woman to graduate with an engineering degree from the University of Mississippi was hired.
Where is the Baton Rouge Refinery (1960)?
200
This TV show features a female neuroscientist who is also a real-life neuroscientist.
What is "The Big Bang Theory" (Mayim Bialik)?
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This woman wrote the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine, often overlooked in early computing history.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
200
This American physicist made groundbreaking contributions to the development of X-ray crystallography.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
300
This American physician was the first African American woman to become an astronaut. In 1992, she spent more than a week orbiting Earth in the space shuttle Endeavor.
Who is Mae Jemison?
300
What year did Mobil run a glitzy ad in Glamour Magazine titled "Women in Oil Jobs"?
What is 1945? (Image of Gail King, sole female geologist)
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This movie tells the story of three African-American women mathematicians who worked at NASA during the Space Race.
What is "Hidden Figures"?
300
Who discovered the structure of DNA alongside Watson and Crick but was under-credited?
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
300
This American mathematician and computer scientist co-authored the first paper on the theory of software.
Who is Grace Hopper?
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This pioneering computer scientist developed the first compiler for a computer programming language.
Who is Grace Hopper?
400
This year, ExxonMobil became a founding member of the SWE Corporate Partnership Council (CPC).
What is 2003?
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This actress, known for her role in "Star Trek," inspired many women to pursue careers in STEM.
Who is Nichelle Nichols?
400
This African-American mathematician and aerospace engineer worked at NASA and was one of the first.
African-American women to work as a computer scientist there.
Who is Dorothy Vaughan?
400
This environmental scientist warned the world about the dangers of pesticides in her book "Silent Spring."
Who is Rachel Carson?
500
This British-American Astronomer and astrophysicist discovered that stars were composed primarily of hydrogen and helium, as proposed in her 1935 doctoral thesis. She became the first person to earn a doctorate in astronomy from Harvard University and later became the first woman to head a department at Harvard (as the Chair of the Department of Astronomy).
Who was Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin?
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The first female from "Process Research" elevated to STC (Senior Technial Council) (akin to our current Chiefs)
Who is Helen Wellons?
500
An FBI agent and medical doctor, She is one of the earliest representations of women in a STEM role on prime-time TV. She's known for her sharp analytical skills and resilience.
Who is Dana Scully from The X-Files?
500
Name the woman who developed the first successful polio vaccine.
Who is Dr. Isabel Morgan(Dr. Jonas Salk’s research assistant.)
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A cytogeneticist who discovered "jumping genes" or transposons, her work revolutionized genetics and earned her the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1983.
Who is Barbara McClintock?