Biographies of Ten Women Scientists Whose Work Was Misattributed

A dataset of 10 biographical entries for women scientists whose discoveries were credited to male colleagues or otherwise went unrecognized. Each entry includes a discovery question used for RAG retrieval demonstrations. Assembled for Mapping Texts (2nd edition).

Format

A tibble with 10 rows and 6 variables.

Source

Biographies compiled from Wikipedia entries and verified against primary sources. Assembled for Mapping Texts (2nd edition).

Variables

• doc_id. Unique identifier for each scientist

• name. Full name of the scientist

• field. Primary field of study

• years. Birth and death years

• question. Discovery question for RAG retrieval

• text. Biographical passage