Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History

The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars

Dava Sobel · 324 pages

The little-known true story of the unexpected and remarkable contributions to astronomy made by a group of women working in the Harvard College Observatory from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s.-- "In the late nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators, or "human computers," to interpret the observations their male counterparts made via telescope

Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

Nathalia Holt · 427 pages

"The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space. In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn’t turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design,

Queens of Code

Eileen Buckholtz; foreword by Mar Hicks

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

Rachel Ignotofsky · 113 pages

A 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.

Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World

Rachel Swaby · 273 pages

"Covering Nobel Prize winners and major innovators, as well as lesser-known but hugely significant scientists who influence our every day, Rachel Swaby's ... profiles span centuries of courageous thinkers and illustrate how each one's ideas developed, from their first moment of scientific engagement through the research and discovery for which they're best known"--Page 4 of cover.

Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell (Christy Ottaviano Books)

Tanya Lee Stone

Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA

Brenda Maddox · 380 pages

"In March 1953 Maurice Wilkins of King's College London announced the departure of his obstructive colleague, Rosalind Franklin to rival Cavendish Laboratory scientist, Francis Crick." "But it was too late. Franklin's unpublished data and crucial photograph of DNA had already been seen by her competitors at the Cambridge University lab. With the aid of these, plus their own knowledge, Watson and C

Passionate Minds

David Bodanis · 373 pages

"It was 1733 when the poet and philosopher Voltaire met Emilie du Chatelet, a beguiling - and married - aristocrat who would one day popularize Newton's arcane ideas and pave the way for Einstein's theories. In an era when women were rarely permitted any serious schooling, this twenty-seven-year-old's nimble conversation and unusual brilliance led Voltaire, then in his late thirties, to wonder, "W

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

Denise Kiernan · 373 pages

In this book the author traces the story of the unsung World War II workers in Oak Ridge, Tennessee through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 194

Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women

Catherine Thimmesh · 57 pages

Tells the story of how women throughout the ages have responded to situations confronting them in daily life by inventing such items as correction fluid, space helmets, and disposable diapers.

The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight

Martha Ackmann · 280 pages

In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of becoming America's first female astronauts. They passed the same battery of tests at the legendary Lovelace Foundation as did the Mercury 7 astronauts, but they were summarily dismissed by the boys' club at NASA and on Capitol Hill. The USSR sent its first woman into space in 1963; th

The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code

Margalit Fox · 363 pages

In the tradition of Simon Winchester and Dava Sobel, *The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code* tells one of the most intriguing stories in the history of language, masterfully blending history, linguistics, and cryptology with an elegantly wrought narrative. When famed archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed the ruins of a sophisticated Bronze Age civilization that flowered on

Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace

Jen Cullerton Johnson · 40 pages

"A biography of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai, a female scientist who made a stand in the face of opposition to women's rights and her own Greenbelt Movement, an effort to restore Kenya's ecosystem by planting millions of trees"--Provided by publisher.

Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909

Michelle Markel

An illustrated account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a massive walkout to protest the unfair working conditions in New York's garment district.

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

Walter Isaacson · 560 pages

Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into di

On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring

William Souder · 496 pages

Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine

Laurie Wallmark · 38 pages

Offers an illustrated telling of the story of Ada Byron Lovelace, from her early creative fascination with mathematics and science and her devastating bout with measles, to the ground-breaking algorithm she wrote for Charles Babbage's analytical engine.

Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor

Robert Burleigh

"This illustrated biography shares the story of female scientist, Marie Tharp, a pioneering woman scientist and the first person to ever successfully map the ocean floor"--

Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels

Kathleen Krull · 96 pages

The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

Lisa Perrin · 208 pages

Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World

Ann Shen · 192 pages

"The 100 revolutionary women featured in this gorgeously illustrated book were bad in the best sense of the word: they challenged the status quo and changed the rules for those who followed. From ancient times through present day, from pirates to artists, scientists to spies, these courageous women achieved unprecedented feats and left a permanent mark on human history"--Back cover. "Bad Girls Th

Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon · 314 pages

Presents the story of First Lieutenant Ashley White and a groundbreaking team of female American warriors who served alongside Special Operations soldiers on the battle field in Afghanistan.

Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves and Other Female Villains

Jane Yolen, Heidi E.Y. Stemple · 172 pages

Elizabeth I: A Feminist Perspective (Berg Women's Series)

Susan Bassnett · 152 pages