| Natural Scientists/Doctors | Inventors | Engineers | Random | NC State |
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Elizabeth Blackwell
She was the first female in the US to earn a medical degree.
A) Mary Grace Smith B) Elizabeth Blackwell C) Radia Perlman D) Susan Kare |
Hedy Lamarr
She was an actress and inventor who pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today’s WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems.
A) Hedy Lamarr B) Ellen Stevenson C) Anna Atkins D) Lee Miller |
Katherine Johnson
She was one of the “human computers” at NASA, who performed calculations necessary to launch astronauts into space for the first time as well as for the lunar mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
A) Roberta Wilson B) Katherine Johnson C) Rebecca Cole D) Grace Hopper |
Sally Ride
She was the first American woman to go to space and was considered to be the first LGBT astronaut.
A) Anna Duncan B) Sally Ride C) Ellen Baker D) Barbara Morgan |
Mary Anne Fox
She was the first female chancellor of NC State.
A) Mary Anne Fox B) Judith Clare C) Megan Katherine Anderson D) Cindy Lewis |
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Rosalind Franklin
She discovered the DNA double helix pattern, but was never credited with its discovery.
A) Jackie Y. Ying B) E. K. Janaki Ammal C) Martha Chase D) Rosalind Franklin |
Ada Lovelace
She was an English mathematician and writer, mainly known for her work with Charles Babbage on one of the first known modern computers.
A) Ada Lovelace B) Jennifer Crawford C) Stephanie Wilson D) Peggy Whitson |
Mary G. Ross
This Native American woman worked in Lockheed’s Advanced Development Program and assisted in developing the plans for fly-by missions to Venus and Mars. She was originally a mathematician, before becoming an aerospace engineer.
A) Sandra Jean Wilson B) Darla Ann Cassidy C) Helen E. Robertson D) Mary G. Ross |
Nancy Johnson
She invented the ice cream maker. She was awarded the first US patent for the hand-cranked ice cream.
A) Rachel Lauren Beall B) Bette Nesmith Graham C) Nancy Johnson D) Gina Davis |
Toni Ann Marini
She currently is a professor at State and she is an A.O.E. alum from the gamma chapter.
A) Kirsten Daykin B) Leslie Kurtz C) Toni Ann Marini D) Sara Khan |
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Rachel Carson
She was an ecologist, marine biologist and writer most famous for her 1962 book "Silent Spring," which exposed the effects of the DDT pesticide on the environment.
A) Rhonda Williams B) Amanda Watson C) Rachel Carson D) Samantha Turner |
Melitta Bentz
She invented the coffee machine.
A) Amanda Turner B) Teresa Gomez C) Kaitlin Adams D) Melitta Benz |
Edith Clarke
She became the first woman to earn an electrical engineering degree from MIT. She was also the first female Professor of Electrical Engineering in the United States.
A) Edith Clarke B) Jude Everheart C) Betty Shultz D) Elizabeth Anderson |
Marie Curie
She received her first Nobel Prize for the discovery of radioactivity and her second for the discovery of polonium and radium.
A) Rosa Carson B) Florence Nightingale C) Maria Jenson D) Marie Curie |
Laura Bottomley
She is an electrical engineer and appeared in a super bowl commercial in 2016.
A) Lisa Bullard B) Laura Bottomley C) Cecilia Townsend D) Ginger Yu |
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Rebecca Lee Crumpler
She was the first African-American woman to earn a medical degree.
A) Rebecca Lee Crumpler B) Jessica Herman C) Claudette Jane Smith D) Sheila Gordon |
Janet Taylor
She designed instruments for nautical navigation with some being held in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
A) Autumn Sylvestri B) Janet Taylor C) Diana Trivette D) Allison Cooper |
Mae Nakatani Nishioka
She was the first woman to graduate with an engineering degree from the University of Hawaii. She was also Hawaii’s first female licensed professional engineer.
A) Jean Sadako King B) Mae Nakatani Nishioka C) Isabella Abbott D) Mazie Hirono |
Dorothy Lavinia Brown
She was the first African American female surgeon and practiced surgery in the Southeastern U.S. during the 1900s.
A) Dorothy Lavinia Brown B) Karen Robinson C) Shannon Walker D) Kathleen Rubins |
Christina Koch
She set the record for the longest single space flight by a woman for a total of 328 days in space.
A) Anna Lee Fisher B) Kathryn D. Sullivan C) Christina Koch D) Bonnie J. Dunbar |
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Alice Ball
She was an American chemist who developed the most effective treatment for leprosy during the early 20th century. She was the first woman and first African American to receive a master's degree from the University of Hawaii, and was also the university's first female and African American chemistry professor.
A) Victoria Albright B) Jane Marie Baldwin C) Alice Ball D) Cynthia Williams |
Beulah Louise Henry
She had 49 patents and 110 inventions. Some of her inventions include the bobbin-free sewing machine and the vacuum ice cream freezer.
A) Lucy Hardin B) Beulah Louise Henry C) Deborah Chandler D) Holly Ross |
Kalpana Chawla
She was an aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to space, aboard the space shuttle Columbia.
A) Swati Mohan B) Protima Mukherjee C) Kalpana Chawla D) Kamala Sohonie |
Satyavati Motiram Sirsat
She began the first electron microscopy laboratory to study cancer in India. She was also the founder and president of the Electron Microscope Society of India.
A) Archana Sharma B) Satyavati Motiram Sirsat C) Sadhana Jayanth D) Janaki Ammal |
Katharine Stinson
She was an American aeronautical engineer and the Federal Aviation Administration's first female engineer.
A) Jane McKimmon B) Katharine Stinson C) Gertrude Cox D) Rachel Penn Lane |
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