Chien-Shiung Wu:

THESIS

Since her arrival in the United States in 1936, Chien-Shiung Wu changed and crossed the frontiers of physics, race, and gender, proving that women scientists were just as capable as men. She was one of the very few women known to have worked on nuclear physics on the Manhattan Project and achieved great success in a men-dominated physics world. Wu acts as a role model to young women who dream of becoming scientists and continues to have a lasting impact on the world today.

Wu attending an international conference on high energy and nuclear structure in 1967 (American Institute of Physics)