LISE MEITNER

Lise Meitner was born in Viena (1878) and die in Cambriedge (1968). She was phisycian who investigated the radioactivity and nuclear physics. Her group of scientis discovered the nuclear fusion. She was never consider as a co-author of it for being a woman, so, her college Otto Hahn was prized by the noble award. However, in 1966, her chemistry contributions were reconized and she was awarded Erico Fermi Award in USA.
This discovery is often consider like the best ever made by a woman. So, the 109º element of the periodic table was named meitnerio in her honor.