\u201cWonder Women<\/i>\u00a0is an absolute delight! As told by Sam Maggs, the lives of these trailblazing women leap off the page, bursting with entertaining anecdotes and fascinating facts that are sure to capture the imaginations of younger readers. The fantastically diverse assortment of women profiled in this book is proof positive that women have always accomplished amazing things, and the interviews with contemporary women illuminate the extraordinary achievements women are making (and the extraordinary challenges women still face) today. As Maggs emphasizes in her introduction, representation matters, and\u00a0Wonder Women<\/i>\u00a0is an inspiring example of exactly the kind of representation we need to see a lot more of.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You may think you know women\u2019s history pretty well. But have you ever heard of. . .<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0 Alice Ball, the chemist who developed an effective treatment for leprosy\u2014only to have the credit taken by a man?
\n\u00b7\u00a0 Mary Sherman Morgan, the rocket scientist whose liquid fuel compounds blasted the first U.S. satellite into orbit?
\n\u00b7\u00a0 Huang Daopo, the inventor whose weaving technology revolutionized textile production in China\u2014centuries before the cotton gin?<\/p>\n
Smart women have always been able to achieve amazing things, even when the odds were stacked against them. In\u00a0Wonder Women<\/i>, author Sam Maggs tells the stories of the brilliant, brainy, and totally rad women in history who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers, and inventors. Plus, interviews with real-life women in STEM careers, an extensive bibliography,\u00a0and a guide to women-centric science and technology organizations\u2014all to show the many ways the geeky girls of today can help to build the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"product_cat":[25],"product_tag":[],"yoast_head":"\n