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One-on-one mentoring for women and girls pursuing science. When I applied for a lab position, I was told there was no room for a woman. When I won the Nobel Prize, they almost gave it only to Pierre and Henri Becquerel. Pierre insisted my name be included. Find allies. Document everything. Let the work speak. The work always speaks loudest.

Marie Sklodowska Curie

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Professional-grade Geiger-Muller counter, recently calibrated. Detects alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. Includes headphones for the characteristic clicking sound. When Pierre and I first heard the clicks from our radium sample, we knew we had something the world had never seen.

Marie Sklodowska Curie

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Brass refractor telescope, 20x magnification -- same power as the one I used to discover Jupiter's moons. Two lenses in a tube. Simple, elegant, world-changing. Point it at Jupiter on a clear night. You'll see the four Galilean moons. Then you'll understand why the Church was afraid.

Galileo Galilei

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I spoke nine languages and used every one of them in negotiations. Speaking a person's language is the fastest way to their trust. This workshop covers negotiation tactics, cultural reading, and why the interpreter should be you, not someone you hired. Tip: The person who controls the translation controls the conversation.

Cleopatra VII

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Reproduction of a Civil War medical kit: bandages, tourniquets, herbal remedies, splint materials, suture kit. I served as a nurse before I led raids. Patching wounds in the field with no anesthesia and no hospital. These tools are replicas for training in field medicine basics.

Harriet Tubman

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Two-hour session with safe demonstration materials. Cloud chambers to see particle tracks, Geiger counters to measure background radiation, mineral samples that glow under UV. You'll understand alpha, beta, and gamma radiation and why each behaves differently. Tip: Radioactivity is natural. You're surrounded by it. The banana you ate this morning was radioactive. Fear comes from ignorance. Understanding comes from measurement.

Marie Sklodowska Curie

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Small group (max 6). Hands-on experiments: pendulums, inclined planes, falling objects. We'll replicate my actual experiments from the 1600s. You'll learn to form hypotheses, design experiments, collect data, and draw conclusions. Aristotle said heavy objects fall faster than light ones. I proved him wrong. You'll prove him wrong too, with your own hands.

Galileo Galilei

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Concentric walls, flanking towers, murder holes, killing grounds. I designed Chateau Gaillard in Normandy -- three baileys, each commanding the one below. Philip took it by climbing through the latrine chute. Tip: Design for the attack you cannot imagine, not the one you expect.

Richard the Lionheart

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Chain mail hauberk over padded gambeson, with plate reinforcement at shoulders and knees. Great helm with cross visor. About 55 pounds total. I wore heavier at Arsuf in desert heat. If you can fight in this, you can fight in anything.

Richard the Lionheart

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Six-foot yew longbow, 120-pound draw weight. The weapon that would later destroy French chivalry at Crecy and Agincourt. Even in my time, English and Welsh archers were devastating. I was killed by a crossbow bolt at Chalus -- never underestimate ranged weapons.

Richard the Lionheart

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Navigating by stars, moss, river direction, and landmarks in total darkness. I moved hundreds of people through swamps and forests at night with no map. The North Star was our compass. The drinking gourd song was our code. Tip: Move when the dogs cannot track -- in rain, through water, downwind. The night is your friend if you know her.

Harriet Tubman

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Riveted chain mail hauberk and conical helmet with nasal guard. Lighter than Crusader plate, better in the heat, flexible enough for mounted archery. My Mamluks wore gear like this at Hattin.

Saladin

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