Conduct a brief search on your chosen 19th century female scientist. Acting in her persona, compose a brief 1st person POV paragraph to introduce yourself. In your introduction, include your background information, your specialization, and any awards or distinctions you have earned. If you can find a interesting fact to add that is non-science related, incorporate that here. Your tone can be conversational, serious, comedic, or any that you feel best fits your persona. Include an image, if you can.
Remember, only use your Pen Name. I will know who you are. Have fun creating your fictionalized character of a real person, but do try to be faithful to your scientist's reality. Expectations:
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Cassandra Ky
1/31/2025 10:02:36 am
Hello my name is Huang Lu. I was born in 1769 in Renhe, Zhejiang China. The achievements I did in life was making various instruments such as thermometers and telescopes. This was a big achievement of mine that I'm so proud of. I am a Chinese scientist and the daughter of officer Huang Choi. He encouraged me to acquire an education so I began getting into science like astronomy and arithmetic for example. In my years I became acquainted with Zheng Fuguang, who studies Eastern optics. During this time this topic had just been introduced to Japan.
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Kusumoto Ine
2/2/2025 09:56:36 am
Good Afternoon, my name is Kusumoto Ine and I was the first female Japanese physician that specializes in western medicine in Japan. I was born on May 31 1827 and had many nicknames based on my studies of Dutch culture and island Dejima. My father was banished from Japan due to being accused of treason for the country during seclusion. Even so, he managed to keep me in school studying medicine and the sciences just like he did. I had many teachers but I ended up being assaulted by one of them, making me pregnant with my only daughter. Nevertheless, that never stopped me from becoming a doctor and earning a big reputation. Eventually I earned the patronage of Date Munenari and delivered the Emperor's child; which was stillborn and the mother had passed away 4 days after the birth. I went back to Nagasaki to earn my midwife's license in 1884 and retired in 1895.
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Emily Siedeberg
2/2/2025 12:25:52 pm
Hello, I am Dr. Emily Siedeberg, the first woman in New Zealand to become a doctor. I was born in 1873 in Dunedin and studied medicine at the University of Otago, graduating in 1896. I worked hard to improve healthcare for women and children and helped start the New Zealand Society for the Protection of Women and Children. I also supported women’s rights and encouraged more women to become doctors. I helped establish St. Helens Hospital in Dunedin, which provided better maternity care for mothers. Once, I even had the honor of meeting Queen Victoria! It was not always easy, but I never gave up on my dream to help others.
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Sofya Kovalevskaya
2/2/2025 09:18:53 pm
Hello, my name is Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya. I am a Russian mathematician and have contributed greatly to things such as partial differential equations, analysis, and mechanics. I am considered to be a pioneer for women in mathematics around the world and was the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics as well as the first woman to both be appointed a full professorship in north Europe and be one of the first women to work for a scientific journal as an editor. According to historian of science, Ann Hibner Koblitz, I am known as the greatest known woman scientist before the 20th century!
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Marie-Anne Lavoisier
2/2/2025 09:59:32 pm
Bonjour, I am Marie-Anne Lavoisier. I am a noblewoman and French chemist. I assist my husband in his scientific endeavors by utilizing my artistic background and penmanship to print his findings, making visual references for his data. I was married at thirteen, but being a wife didn't put an end to my ambitions. My father was appointed gunpowder minister, in the arsenal of Paris. This is where my interest in chemistry really took off. Before, I studied at the chemical laboratory of Guillaume François Rouelle. With the funding provided by both my husband and father, I was able to start a lab with my husband and continue my studies there. I helped my husband understand the theory of phlogiston with my vast knowledge of linguistics (English, Latin, and French,) I could easily translate the findings of other English and Latin chemists. All of my contributions to my husband's work helped the validity factors to his findings and proved to be pivotal in the world of science and chemistry.
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Antonia Navoro Huezo
2/2/2025 11:00:50 pm
I am Antonia Navarro Huezo, Born in San Salvador 1870. Growing up in a poor working class family never stopped me from fulfilling my dreams and aspirations. My love for learning pushed me to pursue higher education which motivated me to become the first woman to graduate from San Salvador University. Although I was a University graduate, toxic masculinity didn't want to see me win; so even though I had all the qualifications to teach higher level students, they limited me to the young country women. Although it seemed like a set back it was actually a blessing in disguise. Being the teacher to these young women that I never personally had myself brought much joy in my heart, and whenever I hear that i've made an impact on a little girls heart, thats worth more than anything I could ever own
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Ida Augusta Keller
2/2/2025 11:08:32 pm
Hello, my name is Ida Augusta Keller. I was born on June 11, 1866 in Darmstadt, Germany. I had an ordinary childhood, raised in Philadelphia, having both parents and my brother in my life, and graduating from Philadelphia High School for Girls in 1884; I don’t have anything notable to say about those years, however I can’t say that for after graduation. I received a Certificate of Proficiency in Biology from University of Pennsylvania, however that wasn’t enough for me. I went on to study at University of Leipzig, alongside Friedrich Stohman and Wilhierm Pfeffer, if you ever heard of them and was revoked by Doctoral at University of Zurich. After obtaining my Doctoral I decided to go down the path of teaching, teaching about botany for a bit, but spent the majority of my teaching years about chemistry at the high school I graduated from, helping pay it back to girls in my place. I don’t mind my simple life of teaching others, or continuing to study more about what interests me, I just want to be able to help girls like me achieve their goals.
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2/3/2025 03:20:14 am
Hello! My name is Clotilde Tambroni, I was born June 29, 1758 in Bologna, Italy. I am a philologist, linguist, and poet. I was born into a family that valued education which was very unusual in my time. My father being a professor of mathematics influenced my academic pursuits. I am one of the few women in my time to receive vast academic recognition. I was professor of the Greek language and literature at the University of Bologna, which allowed me to be one of the first women to hold such a position at a European university. I was widely respected by my peers and my work earned me a place in a prestigious scholarly society called Academia degli inquieti. I broke many barriers for women in academia during a period where such accomplishments were rare. Also some fun facts about me are that I can speak 5 languages (latin, Greek, Spanish and Italian) and I remained unmarried I don't need no man!
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Mary A. Albertson
2/3/2025 09:47:15 am
My name is Mary Ann Albertson. I was born on November 18th, 1948. My parents were Charles and Edith Connelly. My Maiden name was Mitchel and I am a botanist and astronomer. I study the life and physiology of plants as well as the stars. In 1904-1914 I curated the Maria Mitchel memorial located on Nantucket Island Massachusetts. This is where I spent most of my time covering the nascent botany department and the astronomical observatory. During the time I spent there I curated a plan called a herbarium in memory of my cousin Mitchell's love of flowers. I have a daughter named Alice Owen Albertson who happens to be the author of the book Nantucket Wildflowers.
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Maria Augusta Generoso Estrela
2/3/2025 09:51:32 am
Hello! My name is Maria Augusta Generoso Estrela. I was born in Rio De Janeiro on April 10th, 1860. My father was named Albino Augusto Generoso Estrela. He was a wealthy merchant who traded in medicines. I accompanied my father during many travels and even helped him and others when our ship malfunctioned. I wanted to continue on to college and study medicine but it was not allowed in my country. My father helped me and sent me to New York so I could gain an education in medicine. I graduated and became the first Brazilian woman to earn a degree in medicine. I began to specialize in providing medical care to women and children.
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Kei Okami
2/3/2025 10:33:56 am
Hi, My name is Kei Okami. I was born September 11, 1859 in Tokyo, Japan. During my childhood, Japan was going through periods of intense changes. We had transitioned from feudalism to a modern, industrialized society. As a young girl, I was deeply interested and intrigued in education. I graduated from Yokohama Kyoritsu girls school in 1878, and then I decided to teach English at the Sakurai Girls’ School. I had fallen in love with an art teacher named Okami Senkichiro, and got married to him at the age of 25. We then decided to move to America. I studied at the Woman’s Medical college of Pennsylvania and after four years of study I graduated in 1889, making me the first Japanese Woman to obtain a degree in the Western medicine from a Western university. I then decided it was time for me to go back to my homeland, once returning I decided to work at the Jikei Hospital. Sadly, I had to resign due to the fact Emperor Meiji refused my care since I was a female. Because of this frustration, I decided to open my own clinic working in gynecology and treating tuberculosis patients. My brother in law founded me and I was able to work as a vice principal of the Shoei Girls’ school until I was able to open a small hospital for sick women in 1897. Sadly, after nine years I had to retire due to breast cancer. I was able to participate in Missionary work in Japan, and teach anatomy to nurses in one of Japan's largest hospitals.
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Marianna Paulucci
2/3/2025 11:53:49 am
Hello! My name is Marianna Paulucci and I was born on February 3rd, 1835 in Florence, Italy. I am the daughter of Ferdinando Panciatichi Ximenes d'Aragona and Giulia De Saint Seigne. My parents raised me in a very intellectual environment which is where I found my passion for visual arts, literature, and natural sciences early on in my life. Throughout my childhood I had a great education and continued my smarts at the Ripoli boarding school in Florence. In 1853 I got married at the young age of 18 to my lovely husband Marquis Alessandro Anafesto Paulucci. Within the first years of my marriage I focused heavily on my passion for natural sciences. I was the first woman admitted to the Italian Geological Society in 1882 with my first work being published in 1866. My successes didn't stop there. I was ambitious and decided to push myself more. I then went on to assemble a collection of over 1,200 taxidermied bird specimens which I was extremely proud of myself for being able to do. Although I did this for a while my true passion was always malacology which is the study of mollusks. I did a lot of scientific research on things like classifying specimens, darwinism, and Critique of Bourguignat. After all these challenges the hard work seemed to pay off later in life when I was respected by the male scientists I had worked around for years. But after my dads death I felt empty. Even more when my husband passed away 10 years later. I lived the rest of my life without them until I passed away at the age of 84. Living a good life from February 3, 1835 – December 7, 1919
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Cornelia Clapp
2/5/2025 08:22:24 pm
Hello, my name is Cornelia Clapp. I was born on March 17, 1849, in Montague, Massachusetts. I began pursuing a career in science during a period where science opportunities were just being opened up to women. I had an abundance of education beginning my studies at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, to get my undergraduate then I went on to attend Syracuse so I could earn my Ph.D., making me the first women in the US to receive a Ph.D. I also earned a second Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1896. I always had a passion for teaching, I taught Latin, mathematics, natural history, and gymnastics before experimenting in laboratories where I gained my real interest in science. I pursued my interest in science by becoming a zoology professor in 1904. I went on to become the first female investigator at the Marine Biological Lab in 1888 where I specialized in both Marine Biology as well as zoology research and education. Through my teaching at Mount Holyoke I was awarded an Sc.D. and had a lab named after me.
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Zonia Baber
2/9/2025 10:43:03 am
Im Zonia Baber. Theres not much that I remember from my childhood, but I've always known that i wanted to help others and learn more about the world. During my high school years i lived with my uncle, and after I graduated, i went to school to become a geography teacher. I wasn't like the other teachers in the school that i taught at. I wanted my students to learn with experience and do assignments hands on instead of memorizing minerals and countries on a map. Not only was I geography teacher, I was also a geologist. I loved doing field work and getting my hands dirty. I believe that in order to truly learn, we must put ourselves in situations to gain experience. In 1948, I received the gold metal from the geographic society in Chicago! I also was a cofounder of that society. I believe that every human no matter what race or gender, should be able to follow their dreams and live a happy life. Thinking that way my whole life inspired me to become a women's rights activist and a member of the NAACP.
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