Theatre in the Round - Trailblazing Women - March 2024
Chien Shiung Wu (1912-1997) was born in Liuhi, Taicang in China to a family that supported and encouraged her education. While serving as a researcher at the Institute of Physics at Academia Sinica, her supervisor Gu Jing-Wei Encouraged Wu to obtain a Phd at University of Michigan. Wu was shocked by the sexism at Michigan, which did not allow female students to use the front entrance and decided to attend Berkely. Wu is best known for her contribution in the Manhattan Project where she conducted the Wu Experiment. Her male counterparts on the project were awarded Nobel prizes. She received the National Medal of Science and served as the president of the American Physical Society. Wu developed the nickname First Lady of Physics, and her contributions to physics were often compared to the contributions of Madam Curie. After retiring from Columbia University, she encouraged women to go into the sciences. I would LOVE to listen to one of her motivational speeches.
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