Posts Tagged ‘women in STEM’
Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Dava Sobel
Every year I gather up my courage to invite at least one writer whom I do not know and whose work is extraordinary. This year that writer was Dava Sobel. I fan-girled all over the house when she said yes. Dava Sobel is the author of Longitude (Walker 1995, Bloomsbury 2005), Galileo’s Daughter (Walker 1999…
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Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and An Answer with Michele C. Hollow
Michele Hollow and I met many years ago when we were both new members of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. We’ve been following each other around the internet ever since, cheering each other on. Michele is an award-winning writer and editor. She writes about health, mental health, autism, aging, animals, and climate.…
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In which I finally review Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science—and the World
Journalist Rachel Swaby’s Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science—and the World is the source of one of my favorite descriptions of the work I do as a writer of women’s history: “revealing a hidden history of the world.” Swaby was inspired to write her collective biography of groundbreaking women scientists by an obituary which appeared…
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