299 Women Who Shaped World History

Emmy Noether

Born: March 23, 1882, Erlangen, GermanyDied: April 14, 1935, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S. Emmy Noether (Amalie) was a German mathematician, noted for her work in abstract algebra. Born of a mathematical family, she audited university courses because at that time women were not allowed to attend German universities; nevertheless she was granted a Ph.D. in

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Florence Nightingale, lady with the lamp

Born: May 12, 1820, Florence, ItalyDied: August 13, 1910, London, England Florence Nightingale was a British nurse, hospital reformer and humanitarian.Born in Florence, Italy, on May 12, 1820, Nightingale was raised mostly in Derbyshire, England, and received a thorough classical education from her father. In 1849, she went abroad to study the European hospital system,

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Maria Mitchell

Born: August 1, 1818, Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S.Died: June 28, 1889, Lynn, Mass. Maria Mitchell was an American astronomer, born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and privately educated. Her father maintained a small observatory, where she began her studies in astronomy. In October 1847, she discovered a telescopic comet, an accomplishment that brought her international recognition. The following

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Lise Meitner

Born: Nov 7, 1878, ViennaDied: Oct 27, 1968, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Lise Meitner was an Austrian-Swedish physicist, who first identified nuclear fission. She was born in Vienna, Austria, and educated at the Universities of Vienna and Berlin. In association with German physical chemist Otto Hahn, she helped discover the element protactinium in 1918, and she

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Margaret Mead

Born: December 16, 1901, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.Died: November 15, 1978, New York Margaret Mead was an American anthropologist, widely known for her studies of primitive societies and her contributions to social anthropology.Mead was born in Philadelphia on December 16, 1901, and was educated at Barnard College and at Columbia University. In 1926, she became assistant

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Augusta Ada Byron, countess of Lovelace

Born: December 10, 1815, Piccadilly Terrace, Middlesex[now in London], EnglandDied: November 29, 1852, Marylebone, London Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace, was a British mathematician. Byron laid some of the early conceptual and technical groundwork for high technology by helping develop an early computer.The daughter of English poet Lord Byron, Ada Byron was born in

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Mathilde Krim

Born: July 9, 1926, Como, Italy Krim is an American medical researcher and health educator, known for her determined work in combating AIDS and HIV through research and education.Krim was educated at the University of Geneva (B.S., 1948; Ph.D., 1953). She worked on biomedical research projects at the Weizmann Institute of Science at Rehovot, Israel

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