WWEST Women in Science and Engineering Deck
2017 – (See Cards | Deck Info | Download Game | Download Rules Only | Purchase)…
This is in collaboration with WWEST, and focuses on awesome women in STEM, as well as issues pertaining to the challenges around gender equity. For more information on the grant acquired to create the deck, please see this link. This deck uses the hand building game mechanic (as seen in the GSA deck). Please feel free to download the cards and rules, as well as let us know if you have any great ideas for expansion decks.
Sylvia Olga Fedoruk
1927-2012, Canada
– Helped develop the first cobalt-60 unit and one of the first medical nuclear scanners.
– Was the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, Canada from 1988-1994.
– Her personal coat of arms has pictures of atoms.
Sally Ride
1950-2012, USA
– The first American woman in space.
– Also the youngest astronaut, and the earliest known LGBT astronaut.
– Advocated for NASA to focus on problems directly facing humanity.
Inge Lehmann
1888-1993, Denmark
– Discovered that the earth has a solid inner core inside by a molten outer core.
– She was the first head of the Department of Seismology at the Geodetical Institute of Denmark.
Ada Lovelace
1815-1852, England 
– A countess, Lovelace wrote the world’s first computer program for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Machine.
– Was also interested in how individuals and society could use technology collaboratively.
Ursula Franklin
1921-2016, Germany/Canada 
– A pioneer in archaeometry, which uses modern material sceince in archaeology.
– Her research on the strontium 90 levels in teeth led to the end of ending of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing.
– A fierce advocate of pacifism and feminism, writing extensively on these subjects.
