Traveling Exhibits: Women in Chemistry

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Her Lab in Your Life: Women in Chemistry

Her Lab in Your Life: Women in Chemistry takes a fresh look at everyday life, revealing how chemical science and engineering help shape it. Created especially for high school and college students but designed to engage general audiences, this exhibition showcases women chemists who have helped create our modern world and their historic contributions to science and technology. From the action of atoms to the substance of stars, they have given us new visions of the material world and our place in it. The exhibition encourages young women to explore possible careers in chemistry by presenting the rich history of women chemists and their contributions to everyday life.

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Taking design cues from youth culture and familiar surroundings such as diners and parks, the exhibition engages the visitor by framing the stories of chemists in a series of 12 thematic stations. These stations celebrate the diversity of fields that chemists pursue, from genetic research to fashion’s fabrics, and the women chemists who have left their mark on them.

	Life: Introduces several pioneering women in the field of biochemistry.
	Medicines: Explains the important contributions of women chemists in developing life-saving drugs and in understanding and diagnosing diseases.
	Sanitation: Asks where we would be without the women chemists who have safeguarded our health.
	Environment: Highlights women who use chemistry to protect the environment.
	Food: Introduces women who invent food products and perform the chemical analysis needed to structure nutritional diets.
	Style: Gives a new take on lipstick and hoodies by revealing the role a woman can play as a scientist in the fashion industry.
	Chips: (Computer chips, that is.) Focuses on two women who have helped advance the world of semiconductors with their knowledge of chemistry.
	Stuff: Exposes the thousands of everyday products around us and the women chemists who have helped create and improve them.
	Discovery: Conveys the thrill of discovery that drives many women to pursue chemistry.
	Challenges: Explains the daunting professional and social challenges women chemists have faced in years past.
	Knowledge: Honors women chemists who have dedicated themselves to ensuring girls' inclusion in the chemistry classroom.
	Work: Shows why the demand for chemistry in so many workplaces, including outer space and archeological digs, makes chemistry a great career for women.

Her Lab in Your Life was made possible through the generous support of the Hach Scientific Foundation. The Hach Scientific Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality and availability of chemical education, supporting efforts to encourage the youth of America to pursue a positive exploration of the sciences. The exhibition and its companion Web site and publications were created by the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF).