Women in STEM
Who is Mae C. Jemison?
The first Black woman astronaut to go into space
Katherine Johnson helped NASA do something. How and what?
She solved complex calculations that helped get the first NASA rocket into space
What does STEM mean?
Science Technology Engineering Math
Who was the first woman to get a medical degree and start a medical college for women?
Elizabeth Blackwell
Rosalind Franklin had research stolen from her. What research did she do?
She discovered how DNA looked (double helix)
Name one of the women's rights that we discussed (for example, what happened in the 1960s for women?)
Bank account, owning property, requesting divorce, right to work without permission
What did Marie Curie do? Hint: she won 2 Nobel Prizes
She studied radioactivity and created mobile X-rays for injured soldiers
How did Jane Cooke Wright test medicines/drugs?
She used human tissue rather than testing on lab mice
How did the enigma code work?
The machine scrambled messages that the Nazis had to decode. The code was changed daily. The messages were broadcasted over the radio.
What did mathematician Joan Clarke do? Hint: she worked with Alan Turing who created the modern computer
She helped crack the enigma code which helped the allies win WWII against the Nazis
What did Marie Curie discover during her research?
She discovered 2 elements on the periodic table (radium and polonium)
What disease could CRISPR potentially eliminate?
Alzheimer's
Who created a complex computer programming language that we still use today?
Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
What is CRISPR?
CRISPR is a gene editing technology that can be put in the body and "clips" away parts of the DNA to edit it.
Name one of the women mathematicians that we studied last week and what they did/their mathematical theory
Hypatia of Alexandria or Sophie Germain