women inventors ppt
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Women Inventorsby, the 6th graders at CEIP Plurilingüe da
Espiñeira-Aldán
Marie Curie
• BIRTH DATE: November 7th, 1867
• COUNTRY: Poland
• NATIONALITY: Polish
• OCCUPATION: Scientist
• IMPORTANT INVENTION(S): Radium and
Polonium, Theory of Radioactivity and isolating
radioactive isotopes
by, Mario
Her name was Marie Curie.
Her birthday was on November 7th.
She was born in Poland. She was Polish.
She was a scientist.
She discovered radium and polonium, the Theory of
Radioactivity and the isolation of radioactive isotopes.
Gertrude Elion
• BIRTH DATE: January 23rd, 1918
• COUNTRY: U.S.A.
• NATIONALITY: American
• OCCUPATION: Biochemist
• IMPORTANT INVENTION(S):
• Elion developed many new drugs, using innovative research methods that led to the development of the AIDS drug AZT. She developed the first immunosuppressive drug, azathioprine, used for organ transplants.
by, Patry
Her name was Gertrude Elion.
Her birthday was on January 23rd.
She was from U.S.A. She was American.
She was a biochemist.
She invented the AIDS drug.
Rosalind Franklin
• BIRTH DATE: July 25th, 1920
• COUNTRY: England
• NATIONALITY: British
• OCCUPATION: Chemist and crystallographer
• IMPORTANT INVENTION(S): The double helix
structure of DNA
by, Ainhara
Her name was Rosalind Franklin.
Her birthday was July 25th, 1920.
She was from England. She was British.
She was a chemist and crystallographer.
She discovered the double-helix structure of DNA.
Hedy Lamarr
• BIRTH DATE: November 9, 1914
• COUNTRY: Austria-Hungary
• NATIONALITY: Austrian-American
• OCCUPATION: actress and inventor
• IMPORTANT INVENTION(S): She invented Spread
Spectrum Technology and contributed to the
invention of WIFI
by, Carlos
Her name was Hedy Lamarr.
Her birthday was November 9th.
She was born in Austria-Hungary.
She was Austrian-American.
She was an actress and inventor.
She invented WIFI.
Florence Parpart
• BIRTH DATE: Unknown
• COUNTRY: U.S.A
• NATIONALITY: American
• OCCUPATION: Inventor
• IMPORTANT INVENTION(S): Refrigerators
by, Laura
Her name was Florence Parpart.
The date of her birthday is not known.
She was from the U.S.A. She was American.
She was an inventor. She invented the refrigerator.
Katherine Johnson
• BIRTH DATE: August 26th, 1918
• COUNTRY: U.S.
• NATIONALITY: American
• OCCUPATION: Physicist, mathematician
• IMPORTANT INVENTION(S): Johnson helped to
calculate the trajectory for the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to
the moon. Johnson also worked on the Apollo 13 moon
mission.
by, Roi
Her name was Katherine Johnson.
Her birthday was on August 26th.
She was from the U.S. She was American.
She was a physicist and mathematician.
She helped to calculate the trajectory for the 1969
Apollo 11 flight to the moon.
Florence Nightingale
• BIRTH DATE: May 12th, 1820
• COUNTRY: Italy
• NATIONALITY: British
• OCCUPATION: Nurse and Writer
• IMPORTANT INVENTION(S): She contributed to
healthcare reform. She established St. Thomas'
Hospital and the Nightingale Training School for
Nurses.
by, Alex
Her name was Florence Nightingale.
She was born on May 12th in 1820.
She was born in Italy, but she was British.
She was a nurse and a writer.
She contributed to healthcare reform.
Ada Lovelace
• BIRTH DATE: December 10th, 1815
• COUNTRY: United Kingdom
• NATIONALITY: British
• OCCUPATION: mathematician, programmer, poet,
theoretical IT specialist, and engineer
• IMPORTANT INVENTION(S): She created the
algorithm used by modern computers.
by, Xabi
She was Ada Lovelace.
She was born December 10th, 1815.
She was from the United Kingdom. She was British.
She was a mathematician, programmer, poet, theoretical
IT specialist and engineer.
She created the algorithm used by modern computers.