Select a famous woman to research. Use the internet to find out about her childhood, careers, etc. Make up a list of questions you want to ask this woman. You will research her and create a script to interview that woman, and create a podcast presentation. Some helpful questions to research are below!
A-G
* Blackwell, Emily, American physician
* Cannon, Annie Jump, American astronomer
* Carr, Marjorie Harris, conservationist
* Chodorow, Nancy, American psychologist
* Cole, Rebecca, African-American physician
* Curie, Marie Sklodowska, chemist and physicist
* Elion, Gertrude Belle, American pharmacologist
* Fossey, Dian, primatologist
* Franklin, Rosalind, scientist
* Gilbreth, Lillian Evelyn, American consulting engineer, household efficiency expert
H-L
* Hamilton, Alice, American toxicologist, physician, and educator
* Hopper, Grace, American computer scientist and admiral
* Horney, Karen, American psychiatrist
* Jemison, Mae C., American physician, astronaut
* Ladd-Franklin, Christine, American scientist
* Leakey, Mary Douglas, British archaeologist and paleontologist
* Levi-Montalcini, Rita, Italian-American neurologist
* Maathai, Wangari, Kenyan conservationist and Nobel Peace Prize winner
* Mayer, Maria Goeppert, physicist
* McClintock, Barbara, American geneticist
* Mead, Margaret, American anthropologist
* Mitchell, Maria, American astronomer and educator
* Morton, Rosalie Slaughter, American surgeon
N-Y
* Niebla, Elvia, American environmental scientist
* Ochoa, Ellen, American engineer and astronaut
* Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, American horticulturist
* Richards, Ellen Henrietta Swallow, American chemist, educator, home economics
* Ride, Sally K., American astrophysicist and astronaut
* Rosch, Eleanor, American psychologist
* Semple, Ellen Churchill, American geographer
* Slye, Maud, American pathologist
* Walker, Mary Edwards, American surgeon and feminist
* Yalow, Rosalyn Sussman, American medical physicist
Helpful Questions for Information Gathering
1. What is the name of the subject?
2. Background (the "growing up" years: birth, parents, siblings, schools, etc.)
Education
3. Greatest accomplishments What makes the woman outstanding in her field?
4. What decade did she make her greatest contributions?
5. What outstanding personal characteristics did/does the woman possess?
6. How did her accomplishments affect the world?
7. Will her accomplishments stand the test of time (always be respected)?
8. Write something the individual said that tells about his or her mission or character. What do you think it means?
9. Why did you research her rather than someone else?
10. How old is the person now?
11. Where does he or she live?
12. What makes the person special or unique?
13. What admirable qualities do you think the person possesses?
14. Will people still consider her outstanding in her field 100 years from now?