2021 Chien-Shiung Wu Forever Postage Stamps – First-Class Mail, Sheet

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Pictures a highly detailed graphite and egg tempera portrait of Chien-Shiung Wu. In the portrait, Wu is wearing a black and white traditional Chinese gown called a qipao.

Chien-Shiung Wu (May 31, 1912 – February 16, 1997) was a Chinese-American experimental physicist. She is best known for her work in nuclear physics and her participation in the Manhattan Project. In fact, she became a legend in the scientific community, with nicknames such as “First Lady of Physics,” Chinese Madame Curie,” or “Queen of Nuclear Research.”

Chien-Shiung Wu was born in a small town called Liuhe in the Jiangsu province of China. She was a star student from an early age and graduated high school at the top of her class. She later attended National Central University (later renamed Nanjing University) and several other schools before traveling to the United States for her PhD. Originally Wu planned to attend the University of Michigan, but changed her mind and instead enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley.