A massive thankyou to everyone who donated to the Electric Voice Theatre, Big Give’s Women and Girls Match Fund. Every pound puts books about a remarkable scientist into the hands of London schoolchildren.
Her name was Kathleen Lonsdale…The Peaceful Crystallographer

Who?
Kathleen Lonsdale was the tenth child of an Irish postman. She proved the structure of benzene, the ring of carbon atoms that underpins DNA and half of modern medicine. She was the first woman professor at UCL. She went to prison for her pacifism. Most children in this country will never hear her name, and we want to change that.

In The Peaceful Crystallographer, children work with UCL scientists and our singer-composers to turn crystallography into music.

What your money does….
Your money has had twice the impact.

• Provide visible representation: Connect participants directly with contemporary female scientists and composers serving as active mentors and role models.

• Empower girls through co-creation and access to resources: Engage young women directly with professional artists and scientists to build creative, vocal, and technical confidence, as well as provide free copies of books about Kathleen Lonsdale for Key Stage 2 and secondary school students.

• Celebrate female trailblazers: Address the historical erasure of women in STEM and music by bringing their overlooked achievements to life for new audiences.

• Bridge the education gap: Offer free, high-quality interdisciplinary arts and science opportunities, and print and digital resources, to girls living in socioeconomically deprived areas.

• Create a lasting digital and physical legacy: Produce new music and recordings, create supporting educational resources, and provide schools with free copies of age-appropriate illustrated books about Kathleen Lonsdale to inspire present and future cohorts of girls.