Resources

Beyond Curie

Beyond Curie is a design project that highlights badass women in science, technology, engineering + mathematics.

Project Biodiversify

Project Biodiversity provides tools for promoting inclusivity and diversity in biology classrooms. Their website provides a repository of teaching materials and methods aimed at enhancing human diversity and inclusivity in biology courses.

Coloring Science

Coloring Science received a grant that led to this initiative to diversify scientific role models. Educators can access the slides to incorporate into their courses in this Google folder.

Femmes of Stem

The Femmes of STEM podcast was created to combat the false narrative that women and minorities are newcomers to the world of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Women have always been a part of the past – the problem is that they have not always been a part of history.

HÚY̓AT

This gorgeous website shares the voices of the Heiltsuk (also formerly known as the Bella Bella), the descendants of Heiltsuk-speaking peoples of the Central Coast of British Columbia, as they speak about the Húy̓at, an immense network of culturally important places in Heiltsuk territory. Heiltsuk lives, learning, and history are intertwined with the lands and seas of their traditional territory. The website features Heiltsuk memories, language, and oral traditions from community-initiated research, ethnographic sources, and archival documents assembled in the Heiltsuk Cultural Education Center (HCEC), as well interviews.

KUNSOOT Wellness Project

A collaborative vision for Haíɫzaqv land-based healing in Qíɫcutkv (Kunsoot).

Live Science Expert Voices

Invites experts in science & technology to provide insightful commentary and informed perspective on news, current events, innovations, big ideas and ongoing research. Expert Voices includes Op-Ed analysis and opinion as well as interesting observations from the field and science labs around the world.  They published a four-part blog series celebrating the contributions of women to the practice of conservation.

• Stepping Up Conservation in Fiji – in Stilettos
• A Crocodile Hunt Redefined, in Southeastern Cuba
• Developing World Boasts Leading Women Conservationists
• How Two Women Brought a Sea Change to Conservation

MNN – 150 Years Before Darwin, She Mastered Art to Learn About Ecolgy 

Maria Sibylla Merian began drawing flowers when she was little girl, but soon turned her attention to insects, a subject she found vastly more interesting. Merian raised caterpillars in her basement, studying their metamorphoses and taking notes, according to the J. Paul Getty Museum. She soon broadened her interests to butterflies and moths and insects of all sorts, cataloging and painting intricate portraits of their fascinating life cycles.

New York Historical Society – Center for Women’s History

The New York Historical Society’s Center for Women’s History is the first of its kind in the nation within the walls of a major museum. The Center explores the lives and legacies of women who have shaped and continue to shape the American experience.

Project Phaedra

The material exemplifies a unique history of women in science as the collection contains over 2500 logbooks and notebooks produced by the Harvard Computers and early Harvard astronomers.

ScienceWomen

The women scientists profiled here span several centuries and several nationalities. Despite many barriers, women all over the world have participated in unraveling the secrets of nature since the dawn of civilization.

Small Pond Science

In this guest post, Project Biodiversify makes the case for diversifying and humanizing biology.

Trowel Blazers

TrowelBlazers is dedicated to outreach activities aimed at encouraging participation of women and underrepresented groups in archaeological, geological, and palaeontological science.