Women Scientists Who Made Nuclear Astrophysics
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Hampton, Christine V.
Lugaro, Maria
Papakonstantinou, Panagiota
Isar, P. Gina
Nordström, Birgitta
Özkan, Nalan
Aliotta, Marialuisa
Ćiprijanović, Aleksandra
Curtis, Sanjana
Di Criscienzo, Marcella
den Hartogh, Jacqueline
Font, Andreea S.
Kankainen, Anu
Kobayashi, Chiaki
Lederer-Woods, Claudia
Niemczura, Ewa
Rauscher, Thomas
Spyrou, Artemis
Van Eck, Sophie
Yavahchova, Mariya
Chantereau, William
de Mink, Selma E.
Kaiser, Etienne A.
Thielemann, Friedrich Karl
Travaglio, Claudia
Venkatesan, Aparna
Collet, Remo
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2299/21842
Abstract
Female role models reduce the impact on women of stereotype threat, i.e., of being at risk of conforming to a negative stereotype about one's social, gender, or racial group [1,2]. This can lead women scientists to underperform or to leave their scientific career because of negative stereotypes such as, not being as talented or as interested in science as men. Sadly, history rarely provides role models for women scientists; instead, it often renders these women invisible [3]. In response to this situation, we present a selection of twelve outstanding women who helped to develop nuclear astrophysics.