Women in STEM

This physicist and chemist was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and she's the only woman who's won twice.

Depicted by Octavia Spencer in this 2016 movie, Dorothy Vaughan became the first Black NASA supervisor in 1949 and made sure that her employees received promotions or pay raises if merited.

• Freedom Riders

• Hidden Figures

• Eyes on the Prize

• The Black List

Dr. Jane Goodall was only 26 when she ventured into what is now known as Gombe Stream National Park to conduct research on what animals in 1960.

• Lions

• Chimpanzees

• Giraffes

• Hippos

Her pioneering work to promote hygienic medical practices and sewage treatment resulted in more humane, sanitary, and healthy conditions for patients. Today, the highest medal for nursing is named for her.

• Marie Curie

• Ada Lovelace

• Mary Anning

• Florence Nightingale

There is still a big disparity in the number of female researchers. Today, only about 30% are female.

• True

• False

Working in the 1950s, her photographs of crystallized DNA were the first to prove that DNA was a helix.

• Vera Rubin

• Grace Hopper

• Rosalind Franklin

• Rachel Carson

Ther is an International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

• True

• False