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Tips for engineering classrooms

  • by Nancy
  • February 22, 2007February 22, 2007

Thanks to fairerscience.org for a pointer to “What Can I Do? Making Engineering Classrooms More Effective for Women (and Men) Students” from the Engineering Equity Extension Service. This short document contains several tips in the spirit of Tech-Savvy.

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This rare photo of the famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman was taken in 1911, two years before her death at the age of 91. While Harriet Tubman is nearly a household name, many people are surprised to learn that in addition to her famous work as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, she also played a key role in the American Civil War by working with Union forces for over two years. When the war broke out, Tubman saw a Union victory as a key element to ensuring the abolition of slavery throughout America. She joined the Union forces and urged their officers to see escaped slaves not as "contraband" -- seized by the Northern forces and put to work without pay -- but as people who could aid their cause.

Tubman offered her expertise to the Union cause, starting as a nurse in Port Royal, South Carolina, and then working as a scout and spy, using the skills she had developed while smuggling people out of the South to smuggle information instead. She even became the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War, by commanding the Combahee River raid that freed over 700 slaves in South Carolina. After the successful raid, newspapers praised her Tubman's "patriotism, sagacity, energy, [and] ability." Following the war, she became a strong supporter of the fight for women's rights. She often gave speeches on women's right to vote and worked alongside such figures as fellow abolitionist and Women's Suffrage Movement leader Susan B. Anthony. When asked how she could take on so many dangerous missions over the years, Tubman famously replied, "I can't die but once."

To introduce young children to Harriet Tubman's incredible life story, we recommend the board book "My First Harriet Tubman" for ages 2 to 4 (www.amightygirl.com/my-first-harriet-tubman), the chapter book "Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter" (www.amightygirl.com/harriet-tubman-freedom-fighter), and the picture book "I Am Harriet Tubman" for ages 4 to 8 (www.amightygirl.com/i-am-harriet-tubman)

For older kids, we recommend the illustrated biography "Who Was Harriet Tubman" for ages 7 to 11 (www.amightygirl.com/who-was-harriet-tubman) and the graphic novel "The Underground Abductor" for ages 9 to 13 (www.amightygirl.com/the-underground-abductor)

Harriet Tubman's Civil War contributions are also recounted in the excellent book about 16 women who made a mark during the war: “Courageous Women of the Civil War" for teens and adults, ages 12 and up, at www.amightygirl.com/courageous-women-civil-war

For a fascinating historical fiction book about Tubman and Anthony, we recommend “Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts” for ages 7 to 10 at www.amightygirl.com/chasing-freedom

For adults who would like to read more about Tubman's life and contributions, there are two excellent biographies "Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman" (www.amightygirl.com/bound-for-the-promised-land) and "Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom" (www.amightygirl.com/tubman-road-to-freedom)

You can also find more books for young readers and a coloring book in our "Harriet Tubman Collection" at amgrl.co/2FrcKZN ...

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November 25 is recognized worldwide as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women but the reason for the UN selecting this date is not widely known. In 1999, the United Nations General Assembly chose this date to honor the Mirabal Sisters, three Dominican sisters and political dissidents who were assassinated by henchmen of the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo on this day in 1960.

The sisters, Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa were active opponents of the brutal Dominican dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from 1930 until his assassination in 1961. The women formed an opposition group against the Trujillo regime called the Movement of the Fourteenth of June, named after the date of a massacre Patria witnessed. Within the group, the sisters were known as Las Mariposas (The Butterflies).

Minerva and Maria Teresa were imprisoned and tortured on several occasions and their husbands were also frequently incarcerated. After the Organization of American States sent observers to the Dominican Republic, the sisters were freed but their husbands remained imprisoned. It was on a return trip from one of their prison visits on November 25, 1960 that the sisters were stopped by members of Trujillo's secret police and murdered.

Trujillo himself was assassinated the following year and the sisters have long been regarded as heroes in the Dominican Republic for their courage and activism against the dictatorship. A final sister, Dedé Mirabal, who worked to preserve her sisters' memory for many years, passed away in 2014 at the age of 88.

On November 25, we remember and honor the contributions and sacrifices of the Mirabal sisters and all of those who work toward a world free of violence. This date also marks the beginning of an annual campaign called the "16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence" which ends on International Human Rights Day on December 10.

To learn more about their heroic story, there is an excellent historical fiction novel about the Mirabal sisters, "In the Time of the Butterflies," which is recommended for older teens and adults at www.amightygirl.com/in-the-time-of-the-butterflies

Two films have also been made about the sisters' story - both for older teen and adult viewers - "In the Time of the Butterflies" (amzn.to/2gme47d) and "Tropico de Sangre" (amzn.to/2g9hrLJ)

For two books for younger readers about girls living under the oppressive Trujillo regime, we recommend "Before We Were Free" for ages 10 to 14 (www.amightygirl.com/before-we-were-free) and "The Color of My Words" for ages 8 to 12 (www.amightygirl.com/the-color-of-my-words).

For more stories of girls and women living under oppressive circumstances around the world, visit our "Oppression & Repression" book section at amgrl.co/1OfQseu

And, for true stories of girls and women who have worked to create positive change in the world, visit our ‘Activist Biography’ section at amgrl.co/1R6cGAu ...

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This 2020 version includes the effects of the pandemic on women's pay.

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Karin Gleason
Meteorologist, Climate Monitoring
NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

www.aauwnc.org/weather-climate-and-you-11-19-2020/

Karin has been with NCEI, formerly the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), for the past 20 years. Early in her career, she focused on quality control of historical weather data, expanding the digital climate archive with the Climate Data Modernization Program (CDMP). She has been a member of Climate Monitoring for the last 19 years, developing applications to make climate data accessible online, contributing to global climate reports, summarizing and communicating the climate of the U.S., adjudicating state climate extremes records, and connecting with stakeholders to create meaningful products for a wide array of customers. Karin is an advocate for use-inspired product development.
Karin received a BS in Meteorology from Valparaiso University and a MS in Meteorology from Texas A&M University. She has two teenage children and has been married to her husband for 25 years.

Climate Monitoring at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information is committed to the monitoring and assessment of the state of the Earth's climate in near real-time, providing decision-makers at all levels of the public and private sectors with data and information on climate trends and variability. Karin is a key scientist, providing data research and analysis and is the developer of the Climate Extremes Index (CEI), often used to quantify recent extremes in observed temperatures, precipitation, and drought across the contiguous US. She also is the lead author for the monthly report on US climate information published as the NOAA Climate Science & Services Monthly Climate Update. Locally, Karin teaches a 4-week course at the NC Arboretum and enjoys adult education and media interactions. ...

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