Women in STEM

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Almost 200 years ago the world's first computer programmer was born. Her name was?

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Ada Lovelace

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Who was the first prime minister of her country to hold a science degree?

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Margaret Thatcher

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How did NASA astronaut Sally Ride practice operating her spaceship's robotic arm?

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By playing tennis.

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What common device did Marie Curie invent?

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X-ray machine

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In 1948 Hungarian-American scientist Maria Telkes helped design the first solar heated what? Train., Government building., House., Restaurant.

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House.

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How did Filipino Fe del Mundo become the first woman admitted to Harvard Medical School in 1936?

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Officials thought she was a man.

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Who said, "I think it's very important to get more women into computing. My slogan is: Computing is too important to be left to men,"?

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Karen Sparck Jones

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In the 1960s, chemist Stephanie Kwolek discovered what material that was five times stronger than steel?

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Kevlar

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Who is the nurse after whom the highest medal for nursing is named, known for her pioneering work in promoting hygienic medical practices and sewage treatment?

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Florence Nightingale

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Who took the first photographs of crystallized DNA that proved DNA was a helix in the 1950s? Options: Vera Rubin, Grace Hopper, Rosalind Franklin, Rachel Carson

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Rosalind Franklin