Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906 – 1972) was a German-born American theoretical physicist, and Nobel laureate in Physics for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus. She is the second female laureate in physics after Marie Curie. Table of Contents 1 Early Life and Education 2 Emigration to America 3 Achievements 4 References 5 See […]

Marie Skłodowska Curie (1867 – 1934) was a physicist and chemist of Polish origin (she took on French nationality later). She was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity, the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes, and the first female professor at the University of Paris. Table of Contents 1 Early Life and Education […]

Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (Irish: Máire Mhic Róibín) (b. 1944 – ) served as the seventh, and first female, President of , serving from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. Table of Contents 1 Education 2 Political Career 3 UNHCR 1997-2002 4 References 5 See […]