Two-thirds of Britons cannot name a single female scientist

BBC : A poll conducted by ICM for Britain’s Royal Society found that two-thirds of the British public were unable to name a single female scientist from Britain. Despite that ignorance, 20% of respondents to the poll picked “Nobel prize-winning scientist” as a roll model for girls . Earlier this year, a panel of female fellows of the Royal Society created a list of the 10 most influential British women in the history of science .