William Clark This is Me

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   Published on: 8/1/2001   Last Visited: 8/1/2001

   5. This native American , whose name means Bird Woman , served as a guide to Lewis and Clark on their famous expedition to the Western United States in 1804. She knew how to survive by living off the land and made the difference between the expedition's success and failure. This female Columbus has been honored by having a river , a peak , and a mountain named after her. Her image may turn up in your pocket soon. Who is the most memorialized woman explorer in American history and was , according to William Clark , the inspiration , the genius of the occasion.
   
   6. This largely self-educated astronomer from Nantucket , Mass. , discovered a new comet in 1847. One year later , she became the first woman member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. A public school is named after her , as well as a crater on the moon. As a professor of astronomy , she taught her students that skill in observation was more powerful than sophisticated tools. Who was this explorer of the heavens who , colleagues claimed , didn't even own a decent telescope.
   
   7. She was the first American woman to watch 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets every 24 hours. How's that. In June 1983 , this US astronaut became the youngest flier and the first American woman in space. She served as flight engineer for the space shuttle Challenger , launching and retrieving satellites. Who is this scientist who has been star-gazing ever since she was a child.
   
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   ( 1 ) d ; ( 2 ) a ; ( 3 ) e ; ( 4 ) g ; ( 5. ) b ; Sacagawea is on the new $1 coin ( 6 ) c ; ( 7 ) f..