Chien Shiung Wu is a Chinese-born physicist, most known for her contribution in the Manhattan project, which was a secretive effort by America to create an atomic bomb before Nazi Germany did. Growing up, Wu was surrounded by an emphasis on education. Her father was an engineer and founded a women's school and her mother a teacher. It was only natural for Wu to develop a love for science and mathematics. Later in 1936, she would immigrate to the U.S. to pursue her PhD in physics. Nicknamed "The First Lady of Physics," she would have a lasting impact in her field, notably for her "Wu Experiment" which demonstrated the law of parity conservation. Though her achievements weren't celebrated during her time, her work is being much more recognized today.