Emmy Noether
Birth Date: 23rd March 1882 Death Date: 14th April 1935 Location: Noetherstraße, 91058 Erlangen, Germany/University of Erlangen Monument Type: Historic/Residence Walking into a math class can be a frightening experience for anyone! The formulas,...Mary Anning
Mary Anning was born in the English seaside town of Lyme Regis, Dorset in 1799.She lived with her family along the Jurassic Coast which became a tourist hotspot in the late 18th century, when local residents started scouring the coast for...Nancy Bird Walton
Born in Kew, New South Wales, Australia in 1915, Nancy Bird became the youngest Australian woman to gain a pilot’s license at the age of 19. As a girl, Nancy had a fascination with flying. At age 13, Nancy dropped out of school to help her father at his general...Xu Xiujuan
In September 1987, a pair of swans broke free and flew away while Xiujuan was bathing them. Though very ill at the time, she went looking for them. When she heard fluting swan calls from the opposite of a river, she waded through the water toward them. The two birds were soon found, but Xiujuan went missing. Her body was later retrieved from the river. Unfortunately she drowned from exhaustion in her search and came to be known as China’s first environmental protection martyr. Near her grave in the reserve, a memorial hall has been built to tell her heroic story to visitors.