SuitabookWomen’s contributions to STEM
The book profiles 20 women from different periods and places, presenting their discoveries, inventions or products across several fields.
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Frances Durkin - Author
This is a factual, browseable collection rather than one continuous story: readers meet women linked to discoveries, inventions and products, then encounter related scientific activities. The subjects span astronomy, marine biology, DNA, medicine, engineering and business.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a factual, browseable collection rather than one continuous story: readers meet women linked to discoveries, inventions and products, then encounter related scientific activities. The subjects span astronomy, marine biology, DNA, medicine, engineering and business.
The book profiles 20 women from different periods and places, presenting their discoveries, inventions or products across several fields.
The women are described as having varied backgrounds: some were well educated or wealthy, while others had fewer early opportunities or were largely self-taught.
The book places step-by-step activities alongside biographies, including designing a periodic table, making a lava lamp, observing a pond and designing a bridge.
Some activities invite making or designing, including a periodic table, lava lamp, pond viewer or bridge. Read the relevant biography first, then decide together which activity fits your available space, materials and adult support.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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