7 Women Scientists Who Made Remarkable History

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Marie Curie

First women to win Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields, Marie Curie was a chemist and physicist.

Janaki Ammal

Janaki Ammal - an Indian botanist best known for working on several fields including cytogenetics, plant breeding, etc.

Chien-Shiung Wu

Chinese-American physicist who is known for the experiment in particle and nuclear physics.

Rosalind Franklin

British scientist best known for contributing to the understanding of the structure of DNA.

Grace Hopper

Grace Hopper was a computer scientist and mathematician known for her work on early computers and programming languages.

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

She was a remarkable British surgeon and physician and the first woman to qualify as a surgeon and physician in Britain.

Katherine Johnson

An American Mathematician who calculated complex trajectories for NASA's space mission.