In 1673 the Cartesian Francois
Poullain de la Barrera
women in affirmed that mind and intellect
have no gender
science
Why couldn't women
perform similar jobs or
positions as men?
why not be women judges,
teachers, ambassadors,
military personnel,
scientists or thinkers?
Poullain's statement and question was intended to
settle "empirically and scientifically
The incorporation of
women into science
has not been an easy
road. For a long time,
they were denied
access to education
Los estereotipos de género son aquellas
creencias que se comparten dentro de
una cultura o grupo acerca de los
atributos o características que poseen
mujeres y hombres
How long ago do you think it
was decreed the day of the girl
and the woman in science?
What do you think this day is for?
do you think it is fair?
when do you think the first
emale scientist was
egistered?
which one do you think he
studied?
Inge Lehmann Dinamarca,
1888-1993
Lehman was the first seismologist
to state that the Earth's core is
divided into a solid and a liquid
part.
do you know who is marie curie?
a pioneer in
field of
radioactivity
in what year do you think the first female descendant
traveled to the moon?
Mae Jemison was the
first African-American
woman to travel into
space. She entered
Stanford University at
the age of 16, graduating
with degrees in chemical
engineering and African-
American studies
meet katherine.
She was born into a poor family in Virginia
and her destiny as a woman and a black
woman seemed decided (the laws of racial
segregation did not allow her much more
than being a teacher).
her intellect enabled her
to graduate with a
degree in mathematics
and French at the early
age of 18. She worked as
a teacher for years and
in 1953 she began
working in the NACA
calculus department.
did you know that
katherine's story appears in
the movie hidden talents?
What do you think the movie
is about?
They had to go to the black restroom,
which was quite far from their workplace,
until their boss once unified the
restrooms.
do you think it was fair?
Do you think that after all this time women already have
equality?