Read Women Scholars’ Experiences with Online Harassment and Abuse: Self-Protection, Resistance, Acceptance, and Self-Blame and had the opportunity to listen in to George Veletsianos who was one of the contributors of the article.

It reminded me of an episode titled, “Sisters of the Sun,” from the new Cosmos series hosted by Neil degrasse Tyson. It refers to Cecilia Payne and other female scientists who struggled against an academic system that had challenges with accepting female scientists. Huge strides in understanding and classifying stars were made by a group of female scientists who worked at Harvard College.  Sisters of the Sun episode link

A nice tie in to the BC curriculum is Earth Science 11.

https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/science/11/earth-sciences

Almost 100 years later, women scholars still have to deal with harassment in the form of online abuse.  There are avenues and opportunities as  a science teacher to bring content into the classroom and have discussions about female scientists who faced personal struggles with gender discrimination.