Women In Science New Book Release Roundup 2021
There was a time when those of us in the Women In Science (WIS) book-verse considered it a banner year when TWO new major releases featuring a prominent woman ...
Trailblazers
Trailblazers Jennifer Pharr Davis And Haley Blevins Teach Kids How To Explore The Outdoors In New Interactive Book
What happens when two great friends - Jennifer Pharr Davis, a record-setting hiker who has covered over 14,000 miles of long distance trails on six different c...
Lady Of Iron: The Life Of Victorian Industrialist Lady Charlotte Guest
There was a time, during the Golden Age of Railroads, when the name of the small Welsh town of Dowlais was stamped on iron rails that ran the length of the dev...
Book Review: Volcanologist Jess Phoenix’s ‘Ms. Adventure: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life’
Science communication is all too often a matter of reporting end states. Scientist X has discovered Thing Y, and we should be happy/anxious/enraged about...
Women Making Bold Moves: Take Your Seat At Our Table For A Night Of Learning, Empowerment, And Fun
In an empowering close to Women’s History Month 2021, Women You Should Know and Poker Divas are inviting women everywhere to take their seats at our table for ...
Lexie Phillips Makes History As Jack Daniel’s First Woman Assistant Distiller
Jack Daniel's, the first registered distillery in the United States (circa 1866), has named Lexie Phillips Assistant Distiller, making her the first woman to s...
Ivory And Bone: Agatha Christie And Her Three Decades Of Archaeology
In a tent in Iraq, an Englishwoman attempts to sleep as mice crawl over her body and cockroaches look on from the walls. She is exhausted, having divided...
Artist Cynthia Young Paints Courageous “Women Who Have Guided Us On Our Path” In New Series
Cynthia Young is a New Mexico based oil painter. In her latest, oh-so-WYSKy series - "Women Who Have Guided Us On Our Path" - she honors inspiring women who ha...
From The Plumage Of Birds To The Classification Of The Natural Kingdom: The Life Of Ornithologist Graceanna Lewis
In the mid 19th century, American biological science was tentatively feeling its way forward along a half dozen different and contradictory directions as it ga...