Chien-Shiung Wu

thumb|Wu in 1958 at Columbia University Chien-Shiung Wu (traditional Chinese: 吳健雄; pinyin: Wú Jiànxíong; May 29, 1912 – February 16, 1997) was a Chinese-born American physicist with an expertise in radioactivity. She worked on the Manhattan Project (to enrich the uranium fuel) and disproved the conservation of parity. Her nicknames included the “First Lady of Physics”, “Chinese Marie Curie,” and “Madame Wu.” She died after her second stroke on February 16, 1997. Quotes … it is shameful that there are so few women in science... In China there are many, many women in physics. There is a misconception in America that women scientists are all dowdy spinsters. This is the fault of men. In Chinese society, a woman is valued for what she is, and men encourage her to accomplishments yet she remains eternally feminine. As quoted in "Queen of Physics", Newsweek (20 May 1963) no. 61, 20. Quotes about Chien-Shiung Wu Occasionally, if Wu disapproved of something Lamb had done, she lectured her friend with utter frankness. Lamb took Wu's criticism as an indication of how much she cared for a friend's welfare. "She was the only one who gave me real hell," Lamb recalled. Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries 2nd, revised Carol Publishing Group 1998 9780806520254 https://books.google.com/books?id=bRsFL0xOMS4C&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=hell 262 (451 pages; 1993 1st edition) External links Chien-shiung Wu Category:Physicists from the United States Category:Physicists from China Category:Educators from the United States Category:Educators from China Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:Non-fiction authors from China Category:Women scientists from China Category:Immigrants to the United States Category:1912 births Category:1997 deaths Category:Wolf Prize in Physics laureates Category:National Medal of Science laureates Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni Category:University of California, Berkeley faculty Category:Princeton University faculty Category:Columbia University faculty Category:Women scientists from the United States Category:Women authors from the United States