Daily Archives: March 25, 2015

“Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science – and the World” was a very interesting and information book to read. I found myself wishing that the biographies contained a tad more information – maybe at the expense of less individuals covered or by increasing the book size.

I have two daughters who have recently received their degrees in STEM fields (one is a mathematical scientist and the other is a mechanical engineer), so the idea of the struggle these 52 women went through in getting started was a bit of an eye-opener for me. I can say that neither of my daughters have difficulty getting into their fields of study and have been able to find meaningful employment, so a tremendous amount of change has occurred in the last 100 years. This is, no doubt, to the great work done by these and other women.

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