Women in Media and History

Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring documented the environmental damage caused by pesticides like DDT, leading to significant policy changes.

Clara Barton was a nurse during the American Civil War and founded the American Red Cross.

Gerty Cori was the first American woman to win a Nobel Prize in science (Physiology or Medicine) for her work on the metabolism of glucose.

Anna Atkins was a botanist and photographer who published Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, the first book illustrated with photographic images.

Inge Lehmann was a Danish seismologist who discovered that the Earth has a solid inner core by analyzing seismic waves.

Annie Jump Cannon developed the Harvard Classification Scheme, which categorized stars based on their spectral characteristics (OBAFGKM).

Vera Rubin was an astronomer who provided strong evidence for the existence of dark matter by observing galaxy rotation curves.

Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space in 1983.

Mae C. Jemison became the first African-American woman to travel into space in 1992.

The subject 'she' is singular, so it requires the singular past tense verb 'was'.

Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1903 to campaign for women's suffrage.

Millicent Fawcett was the long-term president of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), which favored constitutional methods.

The newspaper 'Votes for Women' was the official publication of the Women's Social and Political Union, the organization of the Suffragettes.

Fiona is the princess who marries Shrek in the film series. The other names are not associated with Shrek's wife.

Mrs Amelia Bloomer, an American, was the first dress reformer to launch loose tunics worn over ankle-length trousers. The trousers were known as ‘bloomers’, ‘rationals’, or ‘knickerbockers’.