Professor? I hardly know 'er
aberration
something that differs from the norm
Marie Curie
subjugate
to bring under control, to subdue
The World's foremost expert on chimpanzees
Jane Goodall
maelstrom
a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects
First American woman in space (you may recognize her name from the absurd NASA questions about tampons)
Sally Ride
diffident
quiet, shy, modest
Mother of the modern environmental movement, author of the book "Silent Spring"
Rachel Carson
quixotic
idealistic, impractical
English mathematician known as the world's first computer programmer
Ada Lovelace