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Florence Hawley Ellis
At the age of 7, Florence and her family moved from Mexico to the United States because of dynamite that was planted behind their three-room frame house. By this move occurring, schooling started for Florence and this influenced and changed her life. -
Historical World Event
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, providing for popular vote to elect U.S. Senators, was proclaimed in effect by United States Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan. -
Eleanor Margaret Burbidge
Eleanor Margaret was very interested in stars and what all goes on in stars and the chemicals they produce. She helped write and edit the article "Synthesis of the Elements in Stars". This article showed how different elements are produced by stars at different stages. This rocked the science community and since this article, many scientists go by the findings in this article. -
Historical World Events
The USSR successfully launches Sputnik 1, the very first artificial satellite. -
Katherine Coleman Johnson
Worked at NASA on the Flight Research Division. Katherines trajectories helped John Glenn orbit around the Earth and return. Without her, John Glenn would have not been able to do this. -
Historical World Events
Soviet missile bases detected in Cuba. President Kennedy demands their removal. The confrontation is the closest the U.S. and U.S.S.R. ever come to war. The world was on edge waiting for another war to take place. -
Eugenie Clark
Her most dangerous research mission was in the narrow underwater caves off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. She and her teammates cramped into spaced filled with dozens of requiem sharks that were up to 2-18 feet long. Not one of her teammates nor her ever got attacked by the sharks. -
Historical World Events
The Global Recession continues to get worse throughout the world. This had a very big impact on everyone because it was difficult and everyone was on edge not knowing what was going to happen next. -
Marie Tharp
Marie was one of the first scientists to notice evidence for "plate tectonics". This one was of her greatest discoveries she ever encountered. -
Historical World Event
Computers started to improve and become more up-to-date with the world. This was very convenient because this can help scientists and everyone else because it was new and improved. -
Gertrude Elion
Working at Johnson & Johnson, Gertrude and her team invented a new drug and finally came out about it. This drug was the used as an influence for AIDS. -
Historical World Events
Spain finally made a constitution for their country. They wanted their democracy back and wanted to be back to how they were and the democracy they had before.