Famous Women in Technology
Women have excelled in science and technology for the past 20 decades. Some are responsible for breakthrough inventions or discoveries that revolutionized science. In fields such as chemistry, physics, computers, mathematics, medicine and astronomy, women have often excelled. It is unfortunate that some of these wonderful achievements are forgotten or ignored. In recent years, women have been more actively participating in science than ever before.
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Marie Curie
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The first two time winner of the Nobel Prize, Marie Curie is perhaps the most famous of all women in technology. She opened up the field of radioactivity and discovered elements such as radium and polonium. Her works not only ushered in a new era in science and technology, but also opened up a new era in medical treatment. She was also the founder of the Radium Institute.
Rosalind Franklin
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Rosalind Franklin was responsible for much groundbreaking research on the structure of DNA, though she was not one of the scientists awarded the Nobel Prize for the double helix model four years after her death in 1962. There is much debate on the exact role Franklin played in the research of DNA's structure, but it is evident that she was a important contributor and a first-rate scientist. Franklin also worked on the tobacco mosaic virus and the polio virus before her death from ovarian cancer at the young age of 37.
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Harriet Strong
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Born in the year 1844, Harriet Strong was the inventor of an irrigation system that employed flood control dams, leading to unrivaled success at cultivating the largest walnut estates in southern California. Strong also received various other patents and was widely recognized for her accomplishments in technology. She was also an entrepreneur and a supporter of women's rights.
Irene Joliot-Curie
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The illustrious daughter of an illustrious mother, Irene Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in the year 1935. Born in the era in which her parents were discovering radioactivity and breaking new ground in science, she grew up studying radioactivity. She married Frederic Joliot and then began a series of works that rivaled those of her parents. The couple were also responsible for research that was instrumental in the discovery of the neutron. Through her research, Joliot-Curie also came close to identifying the process of fission.
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