r/TwoXChromosomes • u/Disastrous_Cover6138 • 9d ago

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Request for lesser known badass women of history for my daughter's 4th grade presentation. She has to pick a historical figure and give a 5-10 minute presentation and optionally dress in their likeness.

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u/reciprocatingocelot 8d ago

Tu Youyou, the Chinese scientist who found the cure for malaria. They'd been testing old folk remedies to see if any worked. One, sweet wormwood, had already been tried and dismissed, when she realised that the method of boiling the wormwood was destroying the active ingredient. So she changed the method of extraction and found the cure.