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2、ucesomegreatwomenwhoareveryfamoustoyou.Guesswhotheyare….ShewasaninventorandascientistfromPoland.ShewenttoParisandstudiedphysicsandchemistrythere.ShewasgiventheNobelPrizeforChemistryin1911.SheistheonlywomanscientistwhowasawardedNobelPrizefortwotimes.Ma

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5、s(神秘的)womaninChinesehistory.AChinesesayinggoes:Womencanholduphalfofthesky.Whoarethey?AgirlfromthecountrysidewhodressedasamanandwenttofightfortheFrenchandtodrivetheEnglishoutofFrance.ShewascaughtandputtodeathbytheEnglish.JoanofArc(1412-1432)FranceShewa

6、sborninasmallvillageinFrance.ShelivedatthetimewhentherewasawarbetweenEnglandandFrancecalled“TheHundredYearsWar”.SheshowedtheFrencharmyhowtowinbattlesandinspiredthemwiththeconfidenceenoughtodefeattheEnglishandsendthembacktoEnglandforgood.Atthattimeitwa

7、sconsideredwrongforwomentofightinthearmy.JoanarguedthatGodhadspokentoherandsenthertohelpthearmyandencouragedhertofightinmen’sclothes.ElizabethFrywasaQuaker.Shehelpedimproveprisonconditionandgaveprisonersworkandeducation.HerworkhelpedtheQuakersgettheNo

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