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2 days ago · She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. Her husband, Pierre Curie , was a co-winner of her first Nobel Prize, making them the first married couple to win the Nobel Prize and launching the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes.
Sep 27, 2024 · The Only Woman in the Room: A Novel. Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess.
Oct 3, 2024 · A chemical engineer by background, Suzan Pardesi, head of energy at Africa Specialty Risks, is well acquainted with what it means to be the only woman in the room. Her first foray into...
Sep 30, 2024 · Am I really the only woman at a partner that was in a position to be invited? Is the available pool of people really that small?
2 days ago · Shirley Anita Chisholm (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ z ə m / CHIZ-əm; née St. Hill; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. [1]
2 days ago · Hatshepsut[ a ] (/ hɑːtˈʃɛpsʊt / haht-SHEPP-sut; c.1507–1458 BC) was the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose II and the fifth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, ruling first as regent, then as queen regnant from c.1479 BC until c.1458 BC (Low Chronology). [ 8 ] .
Sep 26, 2024 · Hypatia (born c. 355 ce —died March 415, Alexandria) was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who lived in a very turbulent era in Alexandria ’s history. She is the earliest female mathematician of whose life and work reasonably detailed knowledge exists.
