Francoise Barre-Sinoussi discovered what notable virus?
What is HIV?
True or false: Tu Youyou and her family were aversed to traditional Chinese texts and believed that there was a better avenue through which a cure for malaria could be found
Ada Lovelace is known as the first ________?
What is: computer programmer
True or false: Sally Kristian Ride was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space, having done so at the age of 32
What is true
When is Women's History Month?
When is March?
True or false: Dorothy Hodgkin was an advocate of world peace throughout her scientific career.
What is true
Dorothy Hodgkin, born in 1910, transformed her childhood fascination with _____ into groundbreaking use of X-ray crystallography
Lilian Moller Gilbreth was concerned with what rather unusual aspect of engineering?
What is psychology and/or worker satisfaction
Vera Cooper Rubin, a pioneering astronomer born in 1928, confirmed the existence of ______ and demonstrated that galaxies are embedded in dark-matter halos
What is dark matter
What does STEM stand for?
Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
Who was the first woman to receive a doctorate in Physics from MIT?
Who was Shirley Ann Jackson
True or false: Barbara McClintock disproved that genetic elements can sometimes change position on a chromosome and that this causes nearby genes to become active or inactive.
What is false
Gladys West, born in 1930 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, is a pioneering American engineer, mathematician, and one of the hidden figures behind what major invention?
What is the GPS
Who is this?
Who is Tessy Thomas
What STEM profession was often associated with women, only to become predominantly male-dominated later on?
What is computer programming - Computer programming was initially considered clerical work and was primarily done by women. However, as the field became more prestigious, it shifted to being dominated by men
Which groundbreaking physicist & chemist was forced to move to Paris to study since the Russian government prohibited women from attending university anywhere in its empire?
Who was Marie Curie
Katalin Kariko, the scientist behind the development of teh Covidd-19 vaccine was of what nationality?
What is Hungarian
What is CPA
what is chirped pulse amplification
Who was the first woman in space?
w\Who was Valentina Tereshkova
Name every woman
Who is Whitney Houston.
Gerty Cori was a prominent biochemist recognized for her innovative research on carbohydrate metabolism. Collaborating with her spouse and scientific collaborator, Carl Cori, she unveiled the Cori cycle. What is the Cori Cycle?
- illustrates the conversion of glycogen into glucose for energy production in the body
Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey was the second woman to receive the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her removal of what drug?
What is Thalidomide
Dorothy Hodgkin's work in mapping which common drug revolutionized its production?
What is penicillin
Who is this?
Who is Mae c. Jemison
How many women have won the nobel prize in the last 120 years?
What is 24 women, 594 men