Template:Did you know nominations/Kono Yasui


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The result was: promoted by sst✈(discuss) 04:13, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

Kono Yasui

 * ... that Kono Yasui was the first Japanese woman to receive a doctorate in science?


 * Reviewed: Gustav A. Hoff

Created by 97198 (talk). Self-nominated at 05:10, 8 November 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough, long enough, meets core content policies. Hook cited to RS. GTG. My only suggestions are to a) include the image and b) mention the year that this was accomplished (1927), though I won't require either. --Jakob (talk)   aka Jakec  14:02, 8 November 2015 (UTC)


 * ALT1 ... that biologist Kono Yasui was only allowed to study outside of Japan if she listed "home economics research" alongside "scientific research" on her application and agreed not to marry?
 * ALT2 ... that at the end of World War II, biologist Kono Yasui focused her research on plants that had been affected by nuclear fallout after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
 * Offering two ALTs. — Maile (talk) 14:26, 12 November 2015 (UTC)