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Woman of the Week: Chien Shiung Wu
- First woman to serve as the president of the American Physical Society - Was awarded the National Medal of Science Born in 1912 in...
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Woman of the Week: Anna Decosta Banks
- superintendent of Nurses for the Hospital and Training School of Nurses for 32 years - gave African Americans access to health care...
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Woman of the Week: Kalpana Chawla
- first Indian born woman to go to space - awarded the “Congressional Space Medal of Honor” Born in 1972, Kalpana Chawla was an engineer...
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Woman of the Week: Susan La Flesche
- first Native American woman to earn a medical degree
- worked to educate people on public health issues
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