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• The Six

  the Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts

  Grush, Loren,

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  In the 60s and 70s, NASA excluded women from going into space. When NASA (finally) opened the application process, and from a candidate pool of 8,000 applicants, 6 were chosen -- Sally Ride, Judy Resnik, Anna Fisher, Kathy Sullivan,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Women of Genius in Science

  Whose Frequently Overlooked Contributions Changed the World

  Jaeger, Lars,

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  Past and present, Author Lars Jaeger brings visibility to female scientists and mathematicians, recognizing their contribution in their fields.

• Her Space, Her Time

  How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe

  Ghose, Shohini,

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  The amazing stories of women physicists from around the world that transformed science.

• Visionary Women

  How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World

  Barnet, Andrea

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  The story of four visionaries who have profoundly shaped the world we live in. Tracing the lives of each women's career explores how their work collectively changed the course of history.

• Power in Numbers

  the Rebel Women of Mathematics

  Williams, Talithia

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  This book aims to give visibility to the forgotten influence of women on the development of mathematics over history and today.

• 10 Women Who Changed Science, and the World

  Whitlock, Catherine,

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  Despite living during periods when the contributions of women were disregarded, if not completely ignored, the resilient women in this book persisted with their research, whether creating life-saving drugs or expanding our knowledge of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars

  the Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission

  Collins, Eileen (Eileen Marie), 1956-

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  Eileen Collins is among the most recognized and admired women in the world, yet this is the first time she has told her story. The shy, quiet child of an alcoholic father and struggling single mother, who grew up in modest circumstances…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Damsels in Design

  Women Pioneers in the Automotive Industry, 1939-1959

  Smith, Constance A.

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  In the mid-1950s, an innovative group of women at General Motors (dubbed the Damsels of Design by marketers) and their counterparts at Ford, Hudson, Studebaker, Packard, and Tucker changed automotive history forever. Read the untold story…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hidden Figures

  the American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

  Shetterly, Margot Lee

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  An account of the previously unheralded but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program describes how they were segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws in spite of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Women in Science

  50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

  Ignotofsky, Rachel, 1989-

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  This collection of artworks inspired by the lives and achievements of fifty famous women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, from the ancient world to the present, profiles each notable individual. It also contains…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Women Discoverers

  Top Women in Science

  Moinard, Marie, 1960-

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  From Ada Lovelace (computing) to Marie Curie (Physics and Chemistry), these exceptional women enabled the world to advance in all fields of science including space exploration (Mae Jemison), telecommunications (the actress also genius…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Woman Who Smashed Codes

  a True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies

  Fagone, Jason

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  Traces the life of Elizebeth Smith, who met and married groundbreaking cryptologist William Friedman and worked with him to discover and expose Nazi spy rings in South America by cracking multiple versions of the Enigma machine.

• Picture a Scientist

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  Women make up less than a quarter of STEM professionals in the United States, and numbers are even lower for women of color. But a growing group of researchers is exposing longstanding discrimination and making science more inclusive.

• Geek Girl Rising

  Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech

  Cabot, Heather,

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  This book isn't about the famous tech trailblazers you already know, like Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer. Instead, veteran journalists Heather Cabot and Samantha Walravens introduce readers to the ... female entrepreneurs and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Magnificent Minds

  Sixteen Remarkable Women of Science and Medicine

  Noyce, Pendred

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  The paths forged by these 16 pioneering women in science are astonishing examples of unparalleled achievement and resilience that wove compelling tales of the women in history's evolving role in society. Here are a few you will meet:…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Madame Curie Complex

  the Hidden History of Women in Science

  Des Jardins, Julie

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  Why are the fields of science and technology still considered to be the preserve of men? This work moves beyond the common explanations to give historical context and unexpected revelations about women's contributions to the sciences.