Name Drop!
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Science Savvy
100
This woman, through her pioneering work in X-ray technology, famously captured an image of DNA, which led to the discovery of the structure of DNA.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
100
June Almeida, an internationally renowned virologist who pioneered new methods for viral imaging, discovered the first human strain of this virus, famous for its spikes on the viral molecule.
What is coronavirus?
100
Sally Ride, the first American woman to travel in space, rode this aircraft on her first mission.
What is the Challenger?
100
Maria Goeppert Mayer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work in understanding the nuclear shell model, which contains these three types of particles around the nucleus.
What are protons, neutrons, and electrons?
200
Nicknamed the "founder of modern nursing," this woman revolutionized hospital sanitation by providing clean environments to patients and eventually opening the first nursing school in the world.
Who is Florence Nightinggale?
200
Ada E. Yonath was awarded a Nobel Prize for her work in discovering this cell component, which is involved in protein synthesis and translation of mRNA to proteins.
What is the ribosome?
200
Margaret Hamilton was one of the first ever software engineers, and her software was the first at NASA that allowed this intergalactic event to happen.
What is the first moon landing/Apollo 11?
200
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, an American astronomer and the first person to earn a doctorate degree from Harvard, made the ground-breaking discovery that stars are made of these two elements.
What are hydrogen and helium?
300
A strong advocate of mental illness, this 19th century woman founded or expanded over 30 mental health hospitals, paving the way for mental healthcare today.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
300
Florence Seibert, an American biochemist, developed a groundbreaking procedure that led to a reliable test of this bacterial infection which is highly contagious and hinders lung function.
What is tuberculosis?
300
NASA computer, Mary Jackson, was a pioneer for women in STEM whose advocacy against gender and race bias during the 1960s would be immortalized in this book-turned-movie.
What is Hidden Figures?
300
Fundamentally changing the world of science and medicine, Nobel Prize recipient Marie Curie dedicated her life to researching radioactivity, discovering these elements during her career.
What are polonium and radium?
400
This woman was the first ever black woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S., and she treated former slaves in the late 19th century.
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
400
Linda B. Buck won a Nobel Prize for this sensory system in the body, which allows us to smell and process scents around us.
What is the olfactory system?
400
NASA engineer Charlie Blackwell-Thompson is the director of this NASA project, which aims to explore the South Pole of the moon.
What is the Artemis mission?
400
Lise Meitner, a pioneer of atomic research, helped to discover this scientific phenomenon, where the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei.
What is uranium fission?
500
This woman founded the American Red Cross Association, which annually responds to over 60,000 natural disasters, trains millions in CPR, and provides first aid to those in need.
Who is Clara Barton?
500
Nobel Prize recipient, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, played a key role in identifying the retrovirus that targets CD4 T-cells, allowing this immune condition to turn from a death-sentence to a manageable chronic condition.
What is HIV?
500
Henrietta Leavitt, or the "woman who measured the Universe" was a 19th century computer who helped calculate the distance to this galaxy, the nearest neighbor to the Milky Way.
What is the Andromeda Galaxy?
500
Lillian Gilbreth, a psychologist and engineer, created this discipline of psychology, which has become increasingly popular in recent years due to its connection to marketing.
What is I/O psychology?