FAMOUS GERMAN WOMEN By: Rachael Gregory German 1323 A

 (1936-) Swiss Film Actress  James Bond Dr. No. Actress in the white bikini  Clash of the Titans (1981) as “Aphrodite” URSULA ANDRESS

 (1970-) German Fashion Model  1994: She is the cover-girl on the US Vogue and US Harper’s Bazaar at the same time. A unique event in the fashion branch even today. NADJA AUERMANN

RUTH DREIFUSS  (1940-) Swiss Politician  1997: She served as Vice President of the Swiss Federal Council  1999: Took over as President of the Swiss Confederation  The first woman and Jew to hold this office

STEFFI GRAF  (1969-) German Tennis Champion  1984: ambassador for the “World Wide Fund”  1998: Founder of the foundation “Children for Tomorrow”

 ( ) Austrian Physicist  1918: discovered the element protactinium  February 1939: Published the physical explanation for the observations and named the process “Nuclear Fission”  1966: awarded Enrico Fermi Award LISE MEITNER

 (1954-) German Politician, Germany’s First Female Chancellor  Earned her doctorate in 1978  Worked as a Chemist at the central Institute for Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences ( ) ANGELA MERKEL

HANNA REITSCH  ( ) Famous Nazi Test Pilot  Studied medicine  Invitation from Deutschesforschungsinstitut fur Segelflug, the German research Institute for Sailplane Flight at Darmstadt  Also first to fly a helicopter inside a building  More achievements, look at website!!

WORKS CITED   steffi-graf.net     pilot.htm