Women's History Month: Science and Technology

Who is known as the first computer programmer?

• Wang Zhenyi

• Joan Beauchamp Procter

• Lillian Gilbreth

• Ada Lovelace

All of the following are true about Marie Curie except...

• She was awarded the Nobel Prize for her discovery of radiation

• She was awarded the Nobel Prize for her discovery of polonium and radium

• She was a physicist and a chemist

• She didn't discover the treatment for cancer

This paleontologist proved the extinction of dinosaurs by finding their remains.

• Marie Curie

• Alice Ball

• Lillian Gilbreth

• Mary Anning

Jane Goodall is a famous primatologist who discovered that it is not just humans who use tools. What animal did she study in Africa?

• Organutangs

• Chimpanzees

• Gorillas

• Lions

Who was the first woman in space?

• Linda Buck

• Shirley Ann Jackson

• Sally Ride

• Emily Roeblin

Mary Leakey is credited with discovering many 'missing links' in the fossil record. What field is she credited with changing significantly thanks to her discoveries?

• Atomic theory

• Human evolution

• Quantum mechanics

• Physics

Rosalind Franklin was unrecognized for her extremely important contribution to the discovery of the shape of what molecule?

• glucose

• fats

• DNA

• ATP

Marie Maynard Daly was the first African American woman from the U.S. to receive what degree?

• PhD in Chemistry

• Bachelor's of Science in Chemistry

• Associate's Degree in Chemistry

• Bachelor's of Science in Physics

Grace Hopper has been called the mother of the _.

• computer

• Navy

• calculator

• COBOL

This American mathematician's calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. Who is she?

• Mary Jackson

• Katheryn G Johnson

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Grace Hopper