American History, Unfiltered: Chien-Shiung Wu
American History, Unfiltered: A post series highlighting people from traditionally marginalized groups who accomplished great things for America. 🌍🌺 Happy Asian American Pacific Islander Month! 🌺🌍 Born in a small fishing village in China, she followed the advice of her mentor at age 22 and came to the U.S. to continue her education. Before then she attended a school (Mingde Women’s Vocational Continuing School) founded by her father, who (unlike most others at the time) believed girls should receive an education. She then attended National Central University in Nanking, China (now known as Nanjing University) and graduated at the top of her class with a degree in physics. After graduation she worked in a physics lab in China and it was then that her mentor asked her to continue her education in the U.S. With her uncle’s help she traveled to the U.S. After going through the immigration process she enrolled at University of California Berkeley in 1936, where she graduated with her Ph
