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1. Which highly distinquished Jewish, English-speaking, woman-author was born in South Africa, was fiercely political in her writings and whose most widely read novels included, 'The Conservationist' and 'Burger's Daughter'?
2. Which famous, highly honored German-American woman, with extensive training in mathematics and physics, demonstrated that the atomic nucleus has a structure containing successive proton-neutron shells held together by highly complex forces?
3. Which famous, very highly honored woman won the Nobel Prize twice, but in two different categories?
4. Which famous, highly honored woman was a prominent suffragist, social reformer and founder of the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois?
5. Which famous noble woman was the founder of a new field of science called, 'Protein Crystallography' and with her family, worked for more than 30 years in programs for World Peace?
6. Which famous woman, in concert with her team at Burroughs-Wellcome Pharaceutical Company, synthesized 6-mercaptopurine and 6-thioguanine (2 anti-leukemia {drugs);} allopurinol (for the treatment of {gout);} and acyclovir (for the treatment of herpes virus diseases)?
7. What is the name of the world famous, Albanian-born, Catholic nun, who trained in Dublin, Ireland and Darjeelig, India and founded the 'Missionaries of Charity' organization?
8. Which highly motivated woman dedicated her time, efforts and career to banning and clearing anti-personnel land mines?
9. Which famous, highly honored woman, whose first language was Chinese, wrote 'East Wind, West Wind' as her first novel in 1925, which started her on a very successful writing career?
10. Which German-Swedish woman initially wrote romantic poems but then her writings changed to a Jewish theme, inspired by the tragedies of Jewish history?
11. Which famous Italian-American woman was affiliated with the Institute of Cell Biology, Rome, Italy and made a major contribution to the understanding of the action of human growth hormone on peripheral nervous tissue?
12. Which Northern Irish-British woman was co-founder of an organization now known as, 'The Community Peace People'?
13. Which famous woman, in partnership with Dr. Solomon Berson, developed a new analytical methodology called, 'Radioimmunoassay' and among other discoveries showed that in some adult diabetic patients, insulin was being blocked by the person's own immune system?
14. What Nobel Prize category was the last to include a woman recipient?
15. How many women have been named as a Nobel Laureate from the beginning in 1901 through the year 1999?
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