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This is a vast improvement over Maggs' The Fangirl's Guide to The Galaxy. She covers a wide swath of women in STEM, adventuring, and various other endeavours from all over the world, including queer folks and WOC, many of whom I had not heard of before reading this.
That said, her balance of "textbook vs. tumblr" erred too much on the side of tumblr for me (like sooo mega hyped for the slangy, cutesy parenthetical! and dudes can be the WORST, amirite?)... Yes, I realize I am not necessarily the target audience. Younger women, teens, and the more ambitious middle grader may find the tone more agreeable.
Also, I have doubts when an author prescribes intent to a historical figure when those intentions are not cited. Of course this isn't an academic paper, but I'm also not necessarily going to take a fact at face value when it's couched in "Basically she felt like [this]" language.
However, this is still a really solid book that I'd be glad to hand to any girl with an interest in STEM or history ... or even just a good tale of a woman finally getting some credit.
That said, her balance of "textbook vs. tumblr" erred too much on the side of tumblr for me (like sooo mega hyped for the slangy, cutesy parenthetical! and dudes can be the WORST, amirite?)... Yes, I realize I am not necessarily the target audience. Younger women, teens, and the more ambitious middle grader may find the tone more agreeable.
Also, I have doubts when an author prescribes intent to a historical figure when those intentions are not cited. Of course this isn't an academic paper, but I'm also not necessarily going to take a fact at face value when it's couched in "Basically she felt like [this]" language.
However, this is still a really solid book that I'd be glad to hand to any girl with an interest in STEM or history ... or even just a good tale of a woman finally getting some credit.