Personal project
The life and legacy of Eunice Newton Foote
2025

Proposed non-fiction comic for children (unpublished).

Illustration of three school girls performing a chemistry experiment
Eunice Newton Foote was born in 1819 in the United States. She attended a school where girls were taught chemistry and physics.
Illustration of Eunice Newton Foote looking through a microscope
As a young woman, she started doing research, even though science was considered a man’s domain at the time.
Illustration of Eunice Newton Foote comparing two glass cylinders with thermometers inside
In 1856, she discovered that the more CO₂ there is in the air, the warmer it gets. This is what we now know as the greenhouse effect.
Illustration of a scientific lecture with Eunice Newton Foote sitting in a corner outside the spotlight
Her findings were presented by a man, as women were not permitted to give scientific talks back then.
Illustration of an industrialized cityscape with smoking chimneys
Eunice’s discovery was forgotten. Since then, large amounts of CO₂ have been released into the air, warming the climate.
Illustration of a climate demonstration with a young woman carrying a poster of Eunice Newton Foote
Eunice’s work wasn’t rediscovered until 2010. Today, many people are protesting against CO₂ emissions.