FAMOUS GERMAN WOMEN

By: Rachael Gregory

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(1936-) Swiss Film Actress

James Bond Dr. No. Actress in the white bikini

Clash of the Titans (1981) as “Aphrodite”

URSULA ANDRESS

(1970-) German Fashion Model

1994: She is the cover-girl on the US Vogue and US Harper’s Bazaar at the same time. A unique event in the fashion branch even today.

NADJA AUERMANN

RUTH DREIFUSS

(1940-) Swiss Politician

1997: She served as Vice President of the Swiss Federal Council

1999: Took over as President of the Swiss Confederation

The first woman and Jew to hold this office

STEFFI GRAF

(1969-) German Tennis Champion

1984: ambassador for the “World Wide Fund”

1998: Founder of the foundation “Children for Tomorrow”

(1878-1968) Austrian Physicist

1918: discovered the element protactinium

February 1939: Published the physical explanation for the observations and named the process “Nuclear Fission”

1966: awarded Enrico Fermi Award

LISE MEITNER

(1954-) German Politician, Germany’s First Female Chancellor

Earned her doctorate in 1978

Worked as a Chemist at the central Institute for Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences (1978-1990)

ANGELA MERKEL

HANNA REITSCH

(1912-1979) Famous Nazi Test Pilot

Studied medicine

Invitation from Deutschesforschungsinstitut fur Segelflug, the German research Institute for Sailplane Flight at Darmstadt

Also first to fly a helicopter inside a building

More achievements, look at website!!

WORKS CITED

http://www.imdb.com/

http://www. steffi-graf.net

http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/dreifuss-ruth

http://www.atomicarchive.com/Bios/Meitner.shtml

http://www.biography.com/people/angela-merkel-9406424

http://www.historynet.com/hanna-reitsch-hitlers-female-test-pilot.htm