Female Scientist of the Day

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Mary Anderson, inventor. Invented the first windshield wiper operated from inside a car. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anderson_(inventor) #womenInSTEM

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Dr. Valerie Thomas, inventor. She developed a 3d imaging system, and many image processing systems for NASA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Thomas #womenInSTEM

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Mary Leakey, anthropologist. Discovered many human ancestors in Olduvai Gorge in Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Leakey #womenInSTEM

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Gertrude B Elion biochemist. Nobel Prize in 1988. Her work led to drugs to treat many diseases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_B._Elion #womenInSTEM

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Julia Morgan architect and engineer. She designed over 700 buildings in California and is especially known for her work on Hearst Castle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Morgan #womenInSTEM

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Katalin Karikó biochemist. Her work on mRNA led to the rapid production of vaccines for the COVID-19 virus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katalin_Karikó #womenInSTEM

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Dian Fossey primatologist. She studied mountain gorillas and worked to protect them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dian_Fossey #womenInSTEM

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Tu Youyou, chemist. Used traditional Chinese medical knowledge to isolate a treatment for malaria, saving millions of lives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_Youyou #womenInSTEM

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Martha Coston, Engineer. Invented a type of flare for signaling at sea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Coston #womenInSTEM

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Emmanuelle Charpentier, Biologist. Co-inventor of CRISPR, a method of editing DNA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuelle_Charpentier #womenInSTEM

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Annie Jump Cannon, Astronomy. Came up with a system to classify stars based on brightness and spectrum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon #womenInSTEM

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Ada Lovelace, Computer Science. The first computer programmer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace #womenInSTEM

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Tabitha Babbit, Inventor. Invented the circular saw, among other things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabitha_Babbit #womenInSTEM

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Grace Hopper, Computer Science. Early pioneer of computer programming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper #womenInSTEM

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Marie Curie, physicist. Only person to win 2 Nobel prizes, discovered radioactivity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie #womenInSTEM

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Hedy Lamarr, actress and inventor. She invented radio technology for torpedoes that is incorporated into Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr #womenInSTEM

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Lise Meitner physicist. She was the second woman in the world to get a docorate in physics, and discovered nuclear fission. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner #womenInSTEM

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Sarah Guppy Inventor. She invented many things, including improvements in bridge building, ship barnacle prevention, and candlesticks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Guppy #womenInSTEM

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Mae Jemison Astronaut. First black woman to travel into space. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison #womenInSTEM

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Kate Sessions botanist. Known as 'the Mother of Balboa Park' in San Diego https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Sessions #womenInSTEM

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Evelyn Cheesman entomologist. She was the first to study the insect life on many islands in the south Pacific. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Cheesman #womenInSTEM

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Florence Seibert biochemist. She is known for identifying the active agent in the antigen tuberculin, enabling a reliable test for tuberculosis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_B._Seibert #womenInSTEM

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Kathryn D. Sullivan geologist. A crew member on 3 shuttle missions, first American woman to walk in space, and first woman to dive t othe Challenger Deep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_D._Sullivan #womenInSTEM

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Emily Roebling Served as chief engineer of the Brooklyn bridge at it was completed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Warren_Roebling #womenInSTEM

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Dorothy Vaughan Mathematician and human computer who worked for NASA, and early user of computers at NASA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Vaughan #womenInSTEM

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Sylvia Earle helped protect the Oceans and design research submarines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Earle #womenInSTEM

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Katherine Johnson was a mathematician who was critical to the success of early NASA missions, and helped pioneer the use of computers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson #womenInSTEM

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Margaret Hamilton led the team that developed software for the moon landings. She coined the term Software Engineer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(software_engineer) #womenInSTEM

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Judith Love Cohen was an electrical engineer on the Apollo, Minuteman, and many other rocket and missile programs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Love_Cohen #womenInSTEM

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Mary G Ross was a Native American aerospace engineer. She was pictured on the 2019 Sacagawea dollar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_G._Ross #womenInSTEM