WIE Pre-College: Women Inventors
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Martha Coston | Sally Fox | Dr. Mae Jemison | Hedy Lamarr | Grace Hopper
Inventor's Name: Martha Coston
1. She was born in the year: 1826
2. She died in the year: 1886
3. She lived in the city of: Baltimore
4. Her major achievement in science is: The signal flare
5. This achievement occurred in: 1859
6. She became interested in science when: After her husband died
7. One struggle she faced during her career was: they were very hard and expensive to make
8. She was able to turn failures into successes by: using pyrotechnics
9. We like this inventor because:
a) Because she saved the lives in the civil war
b) she was able to make a difference even though she was a widow with children.
c) she saved lives during shipwrecks
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This information provided by: Sarah Nicholson and Sophia Vise
1. She was born in the year: 1955
2. She died in the year: still alive
3. She lived in the city of: Palo Alto, California
4. Her major achievement in science is:
Naturally Colored Cotton
5. This achievement occurred in: 1982
6. She became interested in science when:
The peace corps sent Sally Fox to Gambia in West Africa to observe the extensive misuse of peseticides.
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Inventor's Name: Dr. Mae Jemison
1. She was born in the year: 1956
2. She died in the year: still currently living
3. She lived in the city: Chicago
4. Her major achievement in science:
First African American Women in Space
5. This achievement occurred in: 1992
6. She became interested in science in at an early age, she attended Stanford University at age 16, received a doctor medicine degree from Cornell
7. One struggle she faced during her career
8. She was able to turn failures into successes by
9. We like this inventor because:
a) she wanted to improve the staus, quality, and image of the scientist
b) SHE WENT TO SPACE!!!!!
c) she traveled to many countries such as Cuba and Kenya
d) she is 50
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This information provided by: Samantha Seek, Alice Goodman and Alyson Blair
1. She was born in the year: 1913
2. She died in the year: 2000
3. She lived in the city of: Altamante Springs, Florida
4. Her major achievement in science is:
Cellular Phone Technology from Radio Channels
5. This achievement occurred in: 1938
6. She became interested in science when: 1932
7. One struggle she faced during her career was: A divorce and problems with the invention.
8. She was able to turn failures into successes by: Not giving up.
9. We like this inventor because:
a) She's smart
b) Hard working
c) She made it in Hollywood
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This information provided by: Christina, Julianna and Nicole
Inventor's Name: Grace Hopper
1. She was born in the year: 1906
2. She died in the year: 1992
3. She was born in: New York City but traveled most of her life
4. Her major achievement in science is: She worked on the Navy's first computers and built the Mark I and Mark II computers
5. This achievement occurred in: starting in 1944
6. She became interested in science when: she was 7 years old and took apart alarm clocks.
7. One struggle she faced during her career was: she was too old and underweight to serve in the Navy.
8. She was able to turn failures into successes by: continually persueing her career in the Navy.
9. We like this inventor because:
a) She was the first woman to reach the rank of Admiral in the navy
b) She served in WWII
c) She was in the Navy for 43 years
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This information provided by: Samantha Martin and Katie Clarke
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