Women in science they mysteriously don't teach you about

[kmlisle]

14. I have a science curriculum I developed on History of Science that includes women

and people of color. It was difficult to find the sources and of course history until very recently was only written about men and a very few women. Often there was a female relative who quietly did part of the work like Linnaeus' daughter and Hershel's sister (who did get some recognition).
The curriculum was shared with and taught by my school district science teachers. we did it in Middle school and divided it by discipline. It was project based with the kids producing videos, posters, dressing as their scientist for the day, etc. and we would do science timelines on paper and physically in the classroom. Lots of fun! And the kids remembered that experience.

I also learned how much chauvinism there was regarding women in science. Lisa Meitner hid under the risers in a lecture hall to learn chemistry because women were not allowed in the building. Mendeleev allowed women in his classes at a time where they were barred elsewhere. Even in the 60s the great genius on cell genetics and structure Barbara McClintock never held a tenured position as a biologist because of her sex. There is a feminist history to science just as there is a history of science outside Europe in China, India, Africa and the Middle East that is just being acknowledged.