A Few More Women in Science

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Across
  1. 1. Proved the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift
  2. 4. Lead the team that discovered plutonium 244 in nature
  3. 7. Developed filtration strategy that reduces cholera by 50%
  4. 12. Discovered Nerve growth factor
  5. 14. Coined the term nuclear fission, but overlooked for Nobel
  6. 15. Member of team who discovered the Higgs boson particle
  7. 16. Proved the existence of dark matter in the universe
  8. 17. Discovered the cause of “blue baby syndrome,” a heart birth defect that had a very high mortality rate
  9. 20. Discovery of DNA structure was based on her work, no credit
  10. 22. Developed drug to prevent kidney transplant rejection
  11. 23. Born 1821, first woman to graduate from medical school in US
  12. 27. Most famous primate scientist in history
  13. 28. In 1800s discovered the first known ichthyosaur fossil
  14. 30. Born 1971, has discovered 715 planets
  15. 31. 22 year old rocket scientist working for Boeing while at MIT
Down
  1. 2. Studying El Nino and cholera, first to provide quantitative evidence of global climate change on infectious disease
  2. 3. United economists and ecologists, revolutionizing conservation
  3. 5. Pioneer in genetics in 1920s; didn't win Nobel til 1983
  4. 6. Discovered enzyme telomerase - now a target for cancer drugs
  5. 8. First woman to discover a comet
  6. 9. First female astronomy professor in U.S. (Vassar, 1865)
  7. 10. Research on how electrons course through silicon jump-started the computer age
  8. 11. In 1992, she became the first black woman in space
  9. 13. First woman to receive a Nobel for medicine
  10. 18. Helped discover that ozone loss was caused by chlorofluorocarbons
  11. 19. Proved that breast cancer can be inherited
  12. 20. Discovered the orbital speed of stars varies with their galaxies' brightness
  13. 21. Living only 24 years, this chemist revolutionized leprosy treatment
  14. 24. Only person to win 2 Nobel Prizes in different disciplines
  15. 25. Pioneered individualized chemotherapy treatments
  16. 26. Helped create robots that sense/respond to their environment
  17. 29. 1960s author of Silent Spring, shaped environmental history