Remarkable Women (including LGBTQ+) in STEM

Question 1

The first Hispanic woman to go to space, and currently director of the Johnson Space Center.

Accepted Answer

Ellen Ochoa

Question 2

Chemist who specialized in polymers, and eventually invented kevlar

Accepted Answer

Stephanie Kwolek

Question 3

How much less do women in STEM make on average than men?

Accepted Answer

11%

Question 4

What percentage of the overall STEM workforce are women?

Accepted Answer

14%

Question 5

She was awarded the 2014 Fields Medal for her work in topology.

Accepted Answer

Maryam Mirzakhani

Question 6

What does STEM stand for?

Accepted Answer

Science, Technology , Engineering and Math

Question 7

How can I get in to STEM?

Accepted Answer

Take a class, Learn how things work and how to build them

Question 8

In 2019 over 30% of STEM workers were women

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

How can we stop Racism and Discrimination?

Accepted Answer

By helping and standing up for individuals who are discriminated against

Question 10

The first female American astronaut. After NASA she fostered STEM education for young women.

Accepted Answer

Sally Ride

Question 11

Women have played a profound role in science, tech, engineering and math

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

What are the Benefits of being in STEM?

Accepted Answer

all of these. (Including Better career options in the future )

Question 13

Physicist who researched radioactivity and has won the Nobel Prize twice.

Accepted Answer

Marie Curie

Question 14

Nuclear physicist titled "The First Lady of Physics." She contributed to the Manhattan Project.

Accepted Answer

Chien-Shiung Wu

Question 15

The first female electrical engineer who did extesive work for General Electric.

Accepted Answer

Edith Clarke

Question 16

Is discrimination an everyday occurrence?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 17

Which is not the meaning of discrimination

Accepted Answer

More favourable treatment

Question 18

Women have played a profound role in space exploration

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

She has done extensive work with chimpanzees, and promotes the ethical treatment of animals.

Accepted Answer

Jane Goodall

Question 20

LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

She continued and led construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, when the chief engineer became ill.

Accepted Answer

Emily Roebling

Question 22

Approx 4.5% of US adults (14.65 million people) identified as LGBT in 2017. How many identified as transgender?

Accepted Answer

1.4 million

Question 23

This trio processed mathematical data for NASA. Recently featured in the film "Hidden Figures."

Accepted Answer

Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan

Remarkable Women (including LGBTQ+) in STEM

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Remarkable Women (including LGBTQ+) in STEM

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