Laura Carter

A Steminist Force (eBook, ePUB)

A STEM Picture Book for Girls
Illustrator: Doherty, Anna

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Laura W. Carter's A Steminist Force is a valuable resource for promoting girl power and encouraging young girls to explore STEM subjects fearlessly, featuring illustrations by Anna Doherty. We are girls as bright as fire! We're a STEMINIST brigade. Leaving blazing trails behind us On our groundbreaking crusade. Written in rhyme with young girls in mind, A Steminist Force is a rallying cry of rhythmic prose that celebrates female contributions in STEM fields across the world and throughout history. From mathematicians to meteorologists, from architects to astronauts, this book celebrates pioneering women's contributions to STEM fields across the world. With backmatter detailing each woman's individual contributions to her field, this colorful picture book is the perfect classroom or living room tool to introduce children to remarkable women in STEM history and to encourage girls to continue exploring STEM subjects in their own education.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abrams
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781641708654
• Artikelnr.: 70292399

Autorenporträt

Laura W. Carter is a native of Oxford, Alabama. After earning a Bachelor of History in 2008 and a Master of Education in 2009 from the University of Montevallo, she and her husband moved to Huntsville, where they both began their careers as teachers. She has taught history at the high school level since 2013 and is also certified to teach English and language arts. The Elect and Restoration were her first published books, and they were released from a small press beginning in 2013. Since then, she has expanded her writing into all realms of kidlit with a particular fondness toward writing picture books that her son would enjoy. Laura's adult life has been and continues to be dedicated to working with youth and encouraging them to love stories, history, and learning.

Inhaltsangabe

Scientists Featured: Sofia Kovalevskaya
Dorthy Vaughan
Maryam Mirzakhani
Ada Lovelace
Kathleen McNulty
Mauchly Antonelli
Jean Jennings Bartik
Frances Bilas Spence
Ruth Lichterman Teitelmaum
Grace Hopper
Karen Spärck Jones
Valentina Tereshkova
Sally Ride
Mae Jemison
Kalpana Chaula
Marie Curie
Ruby Pane Scott
Katherine Johnson
Wu Chien-Shiung
Anna Comstock
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Rachel Carson
Wangari Maathai
Berta Isabel Caceres Flores
Jane Addams
Virginia Satir
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Insoo Kim Berg
Elizabeth Blackwell
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Susan La Flesche Picotte
Dr. Pearl Kendrick
Helen Taussig
Maria Andrade
Evangelina Villegas
Michiyo Tsujimura
Savitribia Phule
Maria Montessori
Alice Freeman Palmer
Phillis Wheatley
Rachel Carson
Betty Friedan
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Shelly
Sylvia Earle
Maria de los Angeles Alvarino Gonzalez
Rosa Mabel Lee
Marie Tharp
Florence Bascom
Inge Lehmann
Hedy Lamarr
Ellen Ochoa
Edith Clarke
Emily Warren Roebling
Beatrix Shilling
Eunice Foote
Dr. Joanne Simpson
June Bacon-Bercy
Ada Monzón
Marion Mahony Griffin
Elizabeth Scott
Norma Merrick Sklarek
Dame Zaha Hadid
Dame Maud Cunnington
Gertrude Bell
Dorthy Garrod
and Zelia Maria Magdelena Nuttall.