Women Scientists

Jane Goodall 1934-

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conservationist and world authority on chimpanzees

Jane Goodall obtained a PhD from Cambridge University in 1965 despite never having been to University. She initially worked as a secretary and as a film production secretary but then had an opportunity to work for anthropologist Louis Leakey in Africa. She studied the chimpanzees at the Gombe Stream Game Reserve on Lake Tanzania, discovering that they are omnivores and that they use tools. She became a passionate advocate of animal rights and has become the global leader of efforts to protect wild apes and their habitats. Her unconventional practices, such as giving names to the chimpanzees she studied, have brought criticism from some scientists, some of whom resent her high media profile.
Jane Goodall

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