Women Flashcards
(12 cards)
Who got the Nobel Prize in chemistry in the year 1911 for her discovery of Radium and Polonium?
Marie Curie
Who got the Nobel Prize in literature for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces in the year 1938?
Pearl S. Buck
Who was the leader of Missionaries of Charity and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in year 1979?
Mother Teresa
Who got the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in the year 1983 for her discovery of mobile genetic elements?
Barbara McClintock
Who got the Nobel Prize in Economics for her analysis of economic governance in the year 2009?
Elinor Ostrom
Who was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for her non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to fll participation in peace building work.
Tewakel Karman
She was the queen of Jhansi who fought the British undauntedly leading her forces from the front and showed great courage and skill.
Rani Laxmibai
She was the queen of Gond who led her foces against the invading British army and fought with great skill and bravery.
Rani Durgavati
She was the wife of Vikramaditya singh, the ruler of the indian state of Ramgarh. She was a lodhi-tribe warrior-queen of Ramgarh.
Rani Avantibai
She hosted the Indian National Congress Flag at the Gowalla Tank Maidan in Bombay during the quit India Movement, 1942.
Aruna Asaf Ali
She was the wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. In the Non Coperation movement of 1921, she organised groups of women in Allahabad and picketed shops selling foreign cloth and liquor.
Kamala Nehru
She was the last of the queens of Jaipur in Raja: than and was listed by Vogue as one of the world’s most beautiful women. She pionerred the education of giris in Jaipur. In 1962, She entered politics in her state and won the largest ever electoral victory, for which she still holds the Guiness World Records.
Rajmata Gayatri Devi
