Wonderful read about women in Science

Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World

By: Rachel Swaby

Rating: 4.5 of 5

“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.

Reading each biography was very interesting – I discovered how most of these individuals have been involved in something that had impact on my life. The sad thing is that so many of the names and their relationship to their discoveries were new to me. One would have hoped that education would have caught up to teaching about women’s accomplishments in STEM fields but that still seems to be lagging.

I enjoyed the book and recommend it to all, most especially younger men and women (junior high level and above) to help supplement their education and hopefully spark interest in fields of discovery and innovation.

I received a complimentary copy of this book via the publisher.

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