Women's History Month: Female Scientists, Politicians and Astronauts

By C. Mahoney

This workbook has 112 investigations of female scientists, politicians and astronauts. Students search online for information about each woman: when and where she was born, details about her family, the college she attended, achievements and awards, her area of expertise, and other interesting things that demonstrate her commitment to success. Use these pages to teach students the history that books often forget (as textbooks are so focused on males and wars and destruction). Teach herstory during the month dedicated to women's history. Students explore the inventions and discoveries of scientists like: Marie Curie, Mae Jemison, Rosalind Franklin, Marie Maynard Daly, Lise Meitner, Katherine Johnson, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Alice Ball, Roger Arliner Young, Dorothy Hodgkin, Margaret Collins, Chien-Shiung Wu, Patricia Bath, Ada Lovelace, Marguerite Williams, Barbara McClintock, Mary Anning, Rachel Carson, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Emmy Noether, Gertrude Elion, Vera Rubin, Grace Hopper, Gerty Cori, Sally Ride, ?milie du Ch'telet, Hypatia, Hertha Ayrton, Caroline Herschel, Maria Mitchell, Mary Somerville, and Ir?ne Curie-Joliot. Students explore the advances and achievements of politicians like: Ilhan Omar, Indira Gandhi, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Shirley Chisholm, Angela Merkel, Stacey Abrams, Margaret Thatcher, Theresa May, Condoleezza Rice, Elizabeth Warren, Sarah Palin, Barbara Jordan, Rashida Tlaib, Mia Love, Kirsten Gillibrand, Maxine Waters, Jahana Hayes, Andrea Jenkins, Lucy McBath, Karen Bass, Loren Underwood, Carol Mosely Braun, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Donna Christian Christensen, Sheila Jackson Lee, Stacey Plaskett, Sheikh Hasini, Tsai Ing-wen, Nicola Sturgeon, Jeannette Rankin, Dalia Grybauskaite, Erna Solberg, Nikki Haley, Aung San Suu Kyi, Susan Collins, Dianne Feinstein, Ayanna Pressley, Rebecca Latimer Felton, Patty Murray, Lisa Murkowski, Victoria Woodhull, Jill Stein, Geraldine Ferraro, Michele Bachmann, Elizabeth Dole, Gabby Giffords, and Golda Meir. Students explore the life and experiences of astronauts like: Sally Ride, Mae Jemison, Valentina Tereshkova, Stephanie Wilson, Eileen Collins, Joan Higginbotham, Kathryn Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, Judith Resnik, Anna Lee Fisher, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Peggy Whitson, Svetlana Savitskaya, Ellen Ochoa, Kalpana Ochoa, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Samantha Christoforetti, Christa McAuliffe, Catherine Coleman, Helen Sharman, Laurel Clark, Anousheh Ansari, Roberta Bondar, Anne McClain, Yi So-yeon, Liu Yang, Naoko Yamazaki, Sunita Williams, Nicole Stott, and Claudie Haigner?. This workbook is part of a series: Women's History Month: Female Scientists, Politicians and Astronauts Women's History Month: Female Artists, Authors and Actresses Women's History Month: Female Athletes, Musicians and Singers

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1797737295
• ISBN13: 9781797737294
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.3" x 8.5"