This book can link to my teaching by inspiring students to learn about perseverance and the contributions of women in science, encouraging them to pursue their interests regardless of societal challenges.
pickThis book is a biography for young readers, published in 2017 as part of the acclaimed Who Was...? series. This book explores the life of Marie Curie, detailing her groundbreaking work in radioactivity and her journey as a female scientist in a male-dominated field, earning her two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry.
pickThis was delightful (but heartbreaking due to radium sickness) that presents itself as a bang-up version of old time radio drama! An elongated conversation between Marie and her friend Hertha Ayreton, mathematician, inventor, and suffragette, makes for a great listen; especially the inimitable voice of Kate Mulgrew.
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#WomenInScience #NewYearNewBook @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks A (very) short historical fiction play about Marie Curie‘s friendship with Hertha Ayrton, an accomplished mathematician, inventor, and suffragette. I‘m not sure if it‘s the writing or the voice acting that made this stand out so strongly for me, but some combo of the two made this short piece incredibly memorable.
pickGunderson is the master at highlighting the incredible accomplishments of women. This two-person play is about the friendship between Nobel-prize winner Marie Curie and the electromechanical engineer and suffragette Hertha Ayrton. Both women were brilliant and both fought against the sexism and absurd double standards in their field. The audible production of the play is perfect and I would love to see it live.
“I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.“
