Chien-Shiung Wu

Chien-Shiung Wu (??? Pinyin: Wú Jiànxíong) (May 31, 1912–February 16, 1997) was a female Chinese 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 to many scientists are "First Lady of Physics," "Madame Curie of China" and also "Madame Wu".

China

Although her ancestral family home is Taicang (in Jiangsu Province), Wu was born in Shanghai. Her father, Wu Zhongyi (???), was a proponent of gender equality and founded Mingde Women's Vocational Continuing School (??????????), where Chien-Shiung Wu had her entire elementary education until she left her hometown at the age of eleven to go to the Suzhou Women's Normal School No. 2. Her mother was Fan Fuhua (???).

Related Topics:
Taicang - Jiangsu Province - Shanghai - Gender equality - Elementary education - Suzhou - Normal School

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She was admitted to the National Central University in 1929. According to the government regulations of the time, normal school students entering universities needed to serve as teachers for one year, so in 1929 she went to teach in the Public School of China (????) founded by Hu Shi in Shanghai. From 1930 to 1934, she studied in the Physics Department of Nanjing Central University (now Nanjing University). For two years after her graduation, she worked with another female researcher, Jing Weijin (???), in the university.

Related Topics:
National Central University - 1929 - Hu Shi - Shanghai - 1930 - 1934 - Nanjing Central University

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