IMPORTANT WOMEN IN HISTORY

SCIENCE GENIUS We are all familiar with names such as Darwin or Einstein. But in the list of remarkable scientists there are not only men, but really important women as well. Marie Curie is one of these important women that hasn't gone unnoticed. She was born in Poland in 1867 and moved to Paris in 1891 to study physics and mathematics. There she met her husband, Pierre Curie, with whom she worked along her career.  They worked really hard investigating radioactivity and discovered a new chemical element: polonium, which was named because of Marie's nationality. They also discovered radium . This research was crucial in the development of x-rays in surgery. During World War One, Marie provided ambulances with x-ray equipment, which she herself drove to the front lines. She also taught these new techniques to other doctors as leader of the International Red Cross. She became the first woman to teach at the University of Paris. In adittion, she won two Nobel

 AERONAUTICS STARS It seems that women in aeronautic usually have a secondary role. However some of the most important people in NASA have been women, without us even noticing it.  That is the case of Katherine Johnson .  Johnson was born in 1918 and showed a talent for maths from an early age. She took many mathematics courses at the West Virginia State College and soon started to work as a teacher. Finally in 1953 she was offered a job of  NASA . She worked as a "computer"  analyzing topics such as gust alleviation for aircraft and calculating procedures for the male physicians. Johnson at NASA in 1966. "Know how to learn. Then want to learn" She worked in NASA for many years and she calculated trajectories for many flights from Project Mercury, Apolo 11 flight to the moon, missions of John Glenn and Alan Shepard and plans for a mission to Mars. In 2015 she awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Katherine Johnson at the age of 9