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Women Geniuses, Past And Present, Recogized

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Lise Meitner, scientific genius and historical footnote.

Name one of the groundbreaking women of history--without Marie Curie.  It can be hard, can't it? 

There's Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fission.  Her work earned the Nobel Prize--for her male lab partner, since the award committee could not believe that a woman was capable of such discoveries. 

That's just one example; there are many more in Janice Kaplan's book The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the World.  From women of the past, like Mozart's talented but married-off sister Maria Anna Mozart, to Meg Urry, current-day NASA physicist, there are many inspiring stories of women of great talents.  The author shares them in this visit. 
 

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