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Hi, my name is Claire Parkinson. One female scientist who really

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inspires me is Caroline Herschel. She was born way back

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in 1750, did not have much of a chance to get a good education,

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and ended up with childhood smallpox and

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typhus, disfiguring her for life. But

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with all those disadvantages, she also had one huge

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advantage, which was a brother who believed in her

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and was willing to help her out. And her brother's name was William.

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He ended up becoming a really famous astronomer.

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And she was his assistant for decades and she did so well

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as his assistant and learned so much and developed so much

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that she ended up making all sorts of discoveries herself, became

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a major astronomer herself, ended up getting medals

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from the king of Denmark and the king of Prussia, and even from the

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Royal Astronomical Society. And for all those reasons,

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she really inspires me. Inspires me because of what she overcame,

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inspires me because of her devotion to her brother, and

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inspires me because of all the science she accomplished.