KIDS QUIZ
FAMOUS INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Dr. Shirley Jackson
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Dr. Shirley Hendricks
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shirley Ann Jackson, noted physicist and former head of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), was one of the first two Black American women to receive a doctorate in physics in the U.S. and the first to receive a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dr. Jackson is the first African-American woman to receive a doctorate from M.I.T.-in any subject. She is one of the first two African-American women to receive a doctorate in physics in the U.S. She is the first African-American to become a Commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dr. Jackson conducted breakthrough basic scientific research that enabled others to invent the portable fax, touch tone telephone, solar cells, fiber optic cables, and the technology behind caller ID and call waiting.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1973, Jackson graduated from MIT with her Ph. D. degree in theoretical elementary particle physics, the first woman to receive a Ph. D.