2. FAMOUS GERMAN WOMEN By: Rachael Gregory German 1323 A

3.  (1936-) Swiss Film Actress  James Bond Dr. No. Actress in the white bikini  Clash of the Titans (1981) as “Aphrodite” URSULA ANDRESS

4.  (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

5. 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

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

7.  (1878-1968) 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

8.  (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 (1978-1990) ANGELA MERKEL

9. HANNA REITSCH  (1912-1979) 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!!

10. WORKS CITED  http://www.imdb.com/ http://www.imdb.com/  http://www. steffi-graf.net  http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/dreifuss-ruth http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/dreifuss-ruth  http://www.atomicarchive.com/Bios/Meitner.shtml http://www.atomicarchive.com/Bios/Meitner.shtml  http://www.biography.com/people/angela-merkel-9406424 http://www.biography.com/people/angela-merkel-9406424  http://www.historynet.com/hanna-reitsch-hitlers-female-test- pilot.htm