Description |
238 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index. |
Contents |
Women of Science --- Women of Medicine --- Women of Espionage --- Women of Innovation --- Women of Adventure. |
Summary |
Smart women have always been able to achieve amazing things, even when the odds were stacked against them. In Wonder Women, 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, and a guide to women-centric science and technology organizations-all to show the many ways the geeky girls of today can help to build the future. |
Local Note |
Steinem Sisters Collection |
Subject(S) |
Women -- Biography.
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Women scientists -- Biography.
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Women in medicine -- Biography.
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Women in science -- Biography.
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Women spies -- Biography.
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Women inventors -- Biography.
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Women adventurers -- Biography.
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Biographies.
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Added Name(S) |
Foster-Dimino, Sophia, illustrator.
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Added Title |
Wonder women : twenty-five innovators, inventors, and trailblazers who changed history |
ISBN |
9781594749254 |
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1594749256 |
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