Kamala Sohonie was rejected from the Indian Institute of Science in 1933 because she was a woman. So she held a protest outside his office until they let her in. On probation. With conditions such as: work whenever her guide demanded, regardless of the hour. And to not be a "distraction" to the male colleagues. She became the first Indian woman to receive a PhD in science. Discovered the enzyme cytochrome C in plant tissues. Spent years researching nutrition for India's poorest populations, prov

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