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She never won a Nobel prize. But today this pioneering physicist is getting her face on a stamp
Chien-Shiung Wu isn’t a household name, but the pioneering physicist’s portrait could be coming soon to a mailbox near you.
And the timing is no coincidence.
Jada Yuan, Wu’s granddaughter, says issuing the stamp that day sends a powerful message.
“She believed in women and girls being in science, and achieving in any field that they put their minds to,” Yuan says. “And I think it means a lot that because she’s on a stamp, people will learn her story.”