Vera Yevstafievna Popova, née Vera Bogdanovskaya was a Russian chemist. She was one of the first female chemists in Russia, and the first Russian female author of a chemistry textbook.
She "probably became the first woman to die in the cause of... Wikipedia
Born: September 17, 1867, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: April 25, 1896 (age 28 years), Izhevsk, Russia
Education: Bestuzhev Courses and University of Geneva
Partner: Yakov Popov