Do you know these great women of science?

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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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She discovered that the stars are composed of 99% Hydrogen and Helium.
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  • Annie Jump Cannon
  • Cecilia Payne
  • Nancy Roman

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She was known as the "Queen of Carbon Science"
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  • Mildred Dresselhaus
  • Margarita Salas
  • Marie Paulze Lavoisier

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She co-invented an important military communications technology, which is now used in WI-FI and Bluetooth.
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  • Chien-Shiung Wu
  • Edith Clarke
  • Hedy Lamarr

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She performed some fundamental work in the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the cause of AIDS.
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  • Francoise Barre Sinoussi
  • Rosalind Franklin
  • Barbara McClintock

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They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of a method for genome editing" (through CRISPR).
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  • Rosalyn Yalow and Gertrude B. Elion
  • Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna
  • Frances Hamilton Arnold and Donna Strickland

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She 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.
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  • Dorothy Hodgkin
  • Gerty Theresa Cori
  • Marie Curie

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She was a pioneer in solar energy technology.
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  • Maria Telkes
  • Lucia Galvani
  • Helen Edwards

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She participated in the creation of the Basic Programming Language.
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  • Sister Mary Kenneth Keller
  • Ángela Ruiz Robles
  • Grace Murray Hopper

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Her book "Silent Spring" helped to launch the environmental movement.
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  • Lynn Margulis
  • Rachel Carson
  • Katherine Esau

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She was the first ever computer programmer.
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  • Ada Lovelace
  • Edith Clarke
  • Ángela Ruiz Robles
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