I'd never heard of Gladys West before. She should be better known.
In one of my many quizzes this year I did a round on women in science, questions below
1. Who worked with Charles Babbage and is regarded as the first computer programmer
2.Who working with her brother was the first woman to to discover a comet
3 and 4 Two elements are named after women scientists - what are they point for each
5. Which scientist is known for her studies into chimpanzee behaviour at the Gombe Stream
6.Which computer scientist and Us Navy Rear Admiral was instrumental in developing the computer language Cobol?
7. Fabiola Gianotti is the director general of which science organisation
8.Who was the second women to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
9.Which actress's scientific work is incorporated in Bluetooth Technology
10. Which ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician is the first well recorded female scientist
