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Do you know these great women of science?

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  1. 1 She discovered that the stars are composed of 99% Hydrogen and Helium.Image for question 1
    1. AAnnie Jump Cannon
    2. BCecilia Payne
    3. CNancy Roman
  2. 2She was known as the "Queen of Carbon Science" Image for question 2
    1. AMildred Dresselhaus
    2. BMargarita Salas
    3. CMarie Paulze Lavoisier
  3. 3She co-invented an important military communications technology, which is now used in WI-FI and Bluetooth.Image for question 3
    1. AChien-Shiung Wu
    2. BEdith Clarke
    3. CHedy Lamarr
  4. 4She performed some fundamental work in the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the cause of AIDS.Image for question 4
    1. AFrancoise Barre Sinoussi
    2. BRosalind Franklin
    3. CBarbara McClintock
  5. 5They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of a method for genome editing" (through CRISPR).Image for question 5
    1. ARosalyn Yalow and Gertrude B. Elion
    2. BEmmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna
    3. CFrances Hamilton Arnold and Donna Strickland
  6. 6She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and the only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two scientific fields.Image for question 6
    1. ADorothy Hodgkin
    2. BGerty Theresa Cori
    3. CMarie Curie
  7. 7She was a pioneer in solar energy technology. Image for question 7
    1. AMaria Telkes
    2. BLucia Galvani
    3. CHelen Edwards
  8. 8 She participated in the creation of the Basic Programming Language.Image for question 8
    1. ASister Mary Kenneth Keller
    2. BÁngela Ruiz Robles
    3. CGrace Murray Hopper
  9. 9 Her book "Silent Spring" helped to launch the environmental movement.Image for question 9
    1. ALynn Margulis
    2. BRachel Carson
    3. CKatherine Esau
  10. 10She was the first ever computer programmer.Image for question 10
    1. AAda Lovelace
    2. BEdith Clarke
    3. CÁngela Ruiz Robles

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Some of humankind's greatest scientific breakthroughs have come from women -- though like so many inventors, their names are lost in the pages of history. Take our quiz to see if you can match these scientists with their discoveries.
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