Women in Science
Who are the 3 female-identifying upper-school science teachers at bvr?
Who are Dr. Livingston, Ms. Coughlin, Ms. Wildes?
What is the percentage of women in healthcare worldwide?
What is 67%?
Who are the 3 female-identifying upper-school math teachers at bvr?
Who are Ms. Williams, Ms. Ching, Ms. Warren?
When did colleges allow women?
When is 1837?
When did women get the right to vote?
When is 1920?
This primatologist is famous for her groundbreaking work studying chimpanzees in the wild.
Who is Jane Goodall?
She was the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
This Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, born around 360 AD, is considered one of the first known female mathematicians
Who is Hypatia?
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, sparking the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to win in two different scientific fields.
Who is Marie Curie?
She founded the American Red Cross in 1881.
Who is Clara Barton?
This NASA mathematician, portrayed in Hidden Figures, helped send John Glenn into space with her calculations.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Who was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic?
Who is Amelia Earhart?
What percentage of scientific researchers are women? (within 10%)
What is 33%?
This African American woman became the first licensed female doctor in the U.S. in 1864.
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
In the 1800s, this mathematician wrote what is considered the first computer algorithm, making her the world’s first computer programmer.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
The first American woman to travel to space in 1983.
Who is Sally Ride?