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    Stephanie Louise Kwolek (/ˈkwoʊlɛk/; July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014) was an American chemist best known for inventing Kevlar. Her career at the DuPont...
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    related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora. Developed by Stephanie Kwolek at DuPont in 1965, the high-strength material was first used commercially...
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  • than 200 years ago. It was awarded 95 times from 1990 to 2013. Stephanie Louise Kwolek received the award in 1995. She was the first female DuPont employee...
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    Coretta Scott King Julie Krone Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Maggie Kuhn Stephanie L. Kwolek Henrietta Lacks Susette La Flesche Winona LaDuke Carlotta Walls LaNier...
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    Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (French: [lwiz buʁʒwa] ; 25 December 1911 – 31 May 2010) was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale...
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    Dorothy Louise Slaughter (née McIntosh, August 14, 1929 – March 16, 2018) was an American politician elected to 16 terms as a United States Representative...
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  • Blake forges her own pathway to success". Cape Gazette. "Representative Stephanie T. Bolden (D) – Delaware General Assembly". legis.delaware.gov. Transportation...
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    Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role...
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    Ernestine Louise Rose (January 13, 1810 – August 4, 1892) was a suffragist, abolitionist, and freethinker who has been called the “first Jewish feminist...
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    Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book...
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