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With each chapter my opinion is reinforced: this is the best collection of profiles on badass women. Reasons to love:
- Highlights a truly diverse cast of characters.
- We all know there must have been SO many important contributions by women over the course of history but we hear about the same ones over and over. This volume sticks to lesser known gems.
- Features only women in STEM, and Maggs does a great job conveying how exciting their contributions are...and how much sexist crap they had to overcome to make it happen.
- Consistently fun to read:
"...she designed a pair of mechanical wings after deciding she wanted to fly. (Did she basically invent steampunk? Can someone credit her for that on Wikipedia?)"
And entertaining us with science speak: "I smacked uranium with neutrons and barium came out? Don't understand? Halp???"
- Simple format peppered with perfectly adorable illustrations.
- Each chapter is just the right length (but you'll immediately want to go learn all of the things about all of the women).
- Will appeal equally to middle grades through adult readers.
Girls will aspire to be just as cool as the ones they'll read about - so get this book in their hands as soon as you can!
- Highlights a truly diverse cast of characters.
- We all know there must have been SO many important contributions by women over the course of history but we hear about the same ones over and over. This volume sticks to lesser known gems.
- Features only women in STEM, and Maggs does a great job conveying how exciting their contributions are...and how much sexist crap they had to overcome to make it happen.
- Consistently fun to read:
"...she designed a pair of mechanical wings after deciding she wanted to fly. (Did she basically invent steampunk? Can someone credit her for that on Wikipedia?)"
And entertaining us with science speak: "I smacked uranium with neutrons and barium came out? Don't understand? Halp???"
- Simple format peppered with perfectly adorable illustrations.
- Each chapter is just the right length (but you'll immediately want to go learn all of the things about all of the women).
- Will appeal equally to middle grades through adult readers.
Girls will aspire to be just as cool as the ones they'll read about - so get this book in their hands as soon as you can!