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Assignment
One:
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Choose
any two of the women scientists in the book and compare/contrast
their life story.
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Consider
time period, cultural and social forces, education, specific speciality.
Discuss issues that helped or hindered their progress.
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Make a personal reflection about women in science.
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This
commentary should be about 3 paragraphs in length.
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Please
email your comments in the text of an email message to Mrs.
Nuño at jdenuno@mhs-la.org. Note, comments will be
written during class in the computer lab on Thursday, Sept 7th
(Period 2) or Friday, Sept 8th (Period 5)
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Put your LAST NAME and the NAME OF THE WOMEN SCIENTISTS in the
Subject Field. Also put your full name and the names of the women
scientists in the message text. Include the date.
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These
commentaries will be stored in a Women in Science Folder in the
First Class Chemistry Conference and showcased on the Chemistry
Class Web at http://members.xoom.com/jdenuno/Women.htm.
This page also has useful links. These links will be used in Assignment
2.
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Florence
Bascom
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Emma
Perry Carr |
Gerty
Radnitz Cori |
Marie
Curie |
Gertrude
Belle Elion |
Rosalind
Franklin |
Dorthy
Crowfoot Hodgkin |
Irene
Joliot-Curie |
Rita
Levi-Montalcini |
Barbara
McClintock |
Lise
Meitner |
Mary
Engle Pennington |
Ellen
Henrietta Swallow Richards |
Chien-Shiung
Wu |
Florence
Rena Sabin |
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The
Primary Source for this Project is the book
Extraordinary
Women Scientists
by Darlene R. Stille
Also
useful is this book
Women
in Chemistry: Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-Twentieth
Century
by M. F. Rayner-Canham and G. Rayner-Canham
Women's
History at About.com
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Useful
Links
SEARCH
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Some
Useful Search Sites
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Animated
Graphics Courtesy of
Jo's World
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