Women of Science
by Kim GoughRecent issues in the news have brought to light some negative attitudes towards women in science. I have assembled this playlist to encourage and support women and girls to pursue their interest in science. As you can see in these examples, women have a lot to offer the world of science – and have been doing so for a long time.
![Mary Henry’s Journey to a Tropical Valley](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/MGHwithHorse-banner-480x200.jpeg)
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American botanist Mary Gibson Henry collected plants in northeastern BC in 1931. Her pioneering journey was recorded on film. Lucky for us, BC Archives has a copy.
View Pathway![Mary Gibson Henry](https://img.youtube.com/vi/c6Gl5B4vLFE/hqdefault.jpg)
Mary Gibson Henry
Watch![Tropical Valley Expedition](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VfR981xPZMo/hqdefault.jpg)
Tropical Valley Expedition
Watch![Dr. Erica Wheeler](https://img.youtube.com/vi/X90dXQ1oh04/hqdefault.jpg)
Dr. Erica Wheeler
Watch![This Week In History – Josephine Hart](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EYXUhAtedMA/hqdefault.jpg)
This Week In History – Josephine Hart
Watch![Dr Josephine Hart](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/josephine-hart-480x360.jpg)
Dr Josephine Hart
Look![Oldest and Oddest](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Miettiasalientensis-banner-480x200.jpg)
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Some of the oldest fossils in the Royal BC Museum collection are some of the oddest looking too. Learn about the strange forms of early life on Earth.
View Pathway![Meet Textile Conservator Colleen Wilson](https://img.youtube.com/vi/97h1_3kdczc/hqdefault.jpg)