Science
Only woman to have received 2 Nobel Prizes
Who is Marie Curie?
Which large corporation is considered the first to establish an equal pay policy for women (1935)?
What is IBM?
Josephine Cochrane invented the first of this kind of appliance to use water pressure, later founding a company that became KitchenAid.
What is a dishwasher?
This 2016 film highlighted the contributions of Black women at NASA.
What is Hidden Figures?
Jane C. Wright was the first to identify methotrexate, one of the foundational drugs in this treatment that is an effective tool against cancerous tumors.
What is chemotherapy?
Susan Kare designed many of the iconic UI elements for this tech company’s original personal computer.
What is Apple?
In 2025, women made up what % of the total engineering workforce (according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics)? (+/-5%)
What is 19.3%? (14.3 - 24.3)
In 2023, Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson were two high school students who developed a new method for proving this key geometry theorem
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
This score (also a namesake of the doctor) was developed as a quick means to evaluate all newborns’ health at one and five minutes after delivery.
What is Apgar (Dr. Virginia Apgar)?
Lisa Gelobter developed this form of digital communication - with often-debated pronunciation!
What is a GIF?
In this year, Mary Dixon Kies received the first U.S. patent - weaving straw with silk or thread to create hats - granted to a woman in her own name (+/- 10 years)
What is 1809? (1799-1819)
Mileva Maric was a trained physicist & mathematician who was married to and collaborated with this well-known German physicist during his "magic years". Evidence suggests she provided crucial mathematical assistance, acted as a sounding board, and helped develop his ideas on special relativity
Who is Albert Einstein?
British scientist Rosalind Franklin's meticulous preparation of her samples for X-ray diffraction photographs (specifically "Photo 51") inadvertently contributed to the discovery of the first accurate model of this, which was later published in 1953 by Watson & Crick.
What is DNA (double helix structure)?
Hedy Lamarr co-patented the frequency-hopping spread spectrum, which now serves as the foundation for this common technology
What is Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS?
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Anne Doudna invented this form of genetic engineering in molecular biology that made it possible to modify the genomes of living organisms.
What is CRISPR?
This famous nurse used statistics to show that many soldiers were dying due to the conditions of the hospitals during the Crimean War, rather than from fighting, and in turn helped reduce mortality rates in both the army and at home
Who is Florence Nightingale?
In which year were women first formally required to be included in federally funded medical research, following the NIH Revitalization Act? (+/- 2 years)
What is 1993? (1991-1995)
Name 2 programming languages developed by women
What are:
Ida Forbes received a patent in this year for the first-ever electric water heater during a time when gas was used to run the majority of water heaters (+/- 5 years)
What is 1917? (1912-1922)
Hypatia (born ~350 AD) was considered the first female mathematician, as well as astronomer and philosopher, and hailed from this modern-day country
What is Egypt?