Friday, February 26, 2021

Women Discoverers

This small comic book contains the biographies of 30 female scientists. A few of these biographies are merely written in paragraphs while five are done in 20+ page comic strip panels.  The ladies that are featured in the book are:
  • Marie Curie (Poland, France) Physics/Chemistry
  • Francoise Barre Sinoussee (France) Biology
  • Donna Theo Strickland (Canada) Physics
  • Dorothy Vaughn (USA) Mathematics/Computing
  • Ada Lovelace (Britain) Mathematics/Computing
  • Emilei du Chatelet (France) Mathematics
  • Emmy Noether (Germany) Mathematics
  • Grace Adele-Williams (Niger) Mathematics
  • Hedy Lamaar (Hungary/USA) Engineering
  • Katherine Johnson (USA) Mathematics
  • Marthe Gaetier (France) Pediatrics
  • Maryam Mirzakhani (Iran/USA) Mathematics
  • Rosalind Franklin (UK) Physics/Biology
  • Sophie Germain (France) Mathematics/Physics
  • Irene Joliot-Currie (France) Physics/Chemistry
  • Jocelyn Bell Burnell (UK) Astrophysics
  • Mae Jemison (USA) Medicine/Space Exploration
  • Stephanie Kwolek (USA) Chemistry
  • Grace Murray Hopper (USA) Computing
  • Xie Ye (China) Chemistry
I found the book informative.  Many of these ladies I had not heard of before. Rosalind Franklin stood out in my mind as there is a medical school in my city that bears her name.  I thought Hedy Lamar was an actress.  While she did begin her career in acting she moved into science during WWII. Also, I was not aware that Marie Curie was born in Poland.  She moved to France to study at the Sorbonne and stayed there both as a teacher and a researcher.  

To say that the book will be inspiring for young girls is a given.  Most of these women grew up in societies that did not allow women to work, let alone get an education and a job.  Their trials when they were young can only give hope to today's young girls, who also have personal or family objections to overcome.

A great read!  5 out of 5 stars.

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