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Marie
Curie: 1867-1934
Discoverer of the radioactive elements polonium
and radium and the first person to win two Nobel
prizes
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Jane
Goodall: 1934-
Influential in the field of primatology and anthropology;
known for her study of chimpanzees and conservationism.
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Mae
Jemison: 1956 -
The first African American woman to enter space
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Barbara
McClintock: 1902-1992
Renowned geneticist and 1983 Nobel Laureate in Medicine
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Rosalyn
Yalow: 1921 -
Pioneering physicist and 1977 Nobel Laureate in
Medicine
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Gertrude
B. Elion: 1918 – 1999
Pioneer in drug research and 1988 Nobel Laureate
in Medicine
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Antonia
Novello: 1944-
The first woman and first Latin American Surgeon
General.
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Sylvia
Earle: 1935 –
World-renowned marine scientist
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