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Women in Series: Board books from New York Times bestselling author Rachel Ignotofsky

	Women in Art	Women in Art: Board Book	Women in Science	Women in Science: Board Book	Women in Sports	Women in Sports: Board Book

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The Women In Series: available in hardcover and abridged board book versions!	Illustrated profiles of 50 pioneering female artists—from the 11th century to today.	This board book edition, with simpler text and charming art revised for younger readers, will inspire budding creators to find their inner artist.	Illustrated profiles of the intrepid women who have paved the way for the next generation of female engineers, biologists, mathematicians, doctors, astronauts, physicists, and more!	This board book edition, with simpler text and charming art revised for younger readers, will inspire budding scientists.	Illustrated profiles of fifty pioneering female athletes from the 1800s to today, including trailblazers, Olympians, and record-breakers in more than forty sports.	This board book edition, with simpler text and charming art revised for younger readers, will inspire future athletes to take the field.

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"Here are physicists, astronauts, mathematicians. Vulcanologist and entomologists. Inventors and Nobel laureates. Here is inspiration." –Mary Roach, author of Gulp

"A great addition to the shelf of any student, of any age." –Hope Jahren, author of Lab Girl, for The Fader

"In this wittily illustrated, accessible volume, Rachel Ignotofsky highlights 50 women who changed the course of science." –Wall Street Journal

"Beautiful and instructive." –Entertainment Weekly (online)

" The must-read, girl-power STEM book." –InStyle (online)

"[A] beautifully curated collection…with a dash of whimsy thrown in." –Upworthy

" The world needs more books like this." –Scientific American's Symbiartic (online)

"Ignotofsky captures the heartbreaking inequalities that only amplify the impressiveness of these women’s feats."
– Maria Popova, Brain Pickings (online)

"A clever introduction to women scientists through history." –Science Friday

About the Author

RACHEL IGNOTOFSKY is a New York Times-bestselling author, illustrator, designer. She graduated from Tyler School of Art's graphic design program and formerly worked as a senior designer and illustrator at Hallmark Greetings. Rachel and her work have been featured in many print and online media outlets such as Babble, the Huffington Post, Scientific American, and Buzzfeed. She is the author of The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth, Women in Science, Women in Sports, and I Love Science.

INTRODUCTION

Nothing says trouble like a woman in pants. That was the attitude in the 1930s, anyway; when Barbara McClintock wore slacks at the University of Missouri, it was considered scandalous. Even worse, she was feisty, direct, incredibly smart, and twice as sharp as most of her male colleagues. She did things her way to get the best results, even if it meant working late with her students, who were breaking curfew. If you think these seem like good qualities for scientist, then you are right. But back then, these weren’t necessarily considered good qualities in a woman. Her intelligence, her self-confidence, her willingness to break rules, and of course her pants were all considered shocking!

Barbara had already made her mark on the field of genetics with her groundbreaking work at Cornell University, mapping chromosomes using corn. This work is still important in scientific history. Yet while working at the University of Missouri Barbara was seen as bold and unladylike. The faculty excluded her from meetings and gave her little support with her research. When she found out they would fire her if she got married and there was no possibility of promotion, she decided she had had enough.

Risking her entire career, she packed her bags. With no plan, except an unwillingness to compromise her worth, Barbara went off to find her dream job. This decision would allow her to joyously research all day and eventually make the discovery of jumping genes. This discovery would win her a Nobel Prize and forever change how we view genetics.

Barbara McClintock’s story is not unique. As long as humanity has asked questions about our world, men and women have looked to the stars, under rocks, and through microscopes to find the answers. Although both men and women have the same thirst for knowledge, women have not always been given the same opportunities to explore the answers.

In the past, restrictions on women’s access to education was not uncommon. Women were often not allowed to publish scientific papers. Women were expected to grow up to exclusively become good wives and mothers while their husbands provided for them. Many people thought women were just not as smart as men. The women in this book had to fight these stereotypes to have the careers they wanted. They broke rules, published under pseudonyms, and worked for the love of learning alone. When others doubted their abilities, they had to believe in themselves.

When women finally began gaining wider access to higher education, there was usually a catch. Often they would be given no space to work, no funding, and no recognition. Not allowed to enter the university building because of her gender, Lise Meitner did her radiochemistry experiments in a dank basement. Without funding for a lab, physicist and chemist Marie Curie handled dangerous radioactive elements in a tiny, dusty shed. After making one of the most important discoveries in the history of astronomy, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin still got little recognition, and for decades her gender limited her to work as a technical assistant. Creativity, persistence, and a love of discovery were the greatest tools these women had.

Marie Curie is now a household name, but throughout history there have been many other great and important women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Many did not receive the recognition they deserved at the time and were forgotten. When thinking of physics, we should name not only Albert Einstein but also the genius mathematician Emmy Noether. We should all know that it was Rosalind Franklin who discovered the double helix structure of DNA, not James Watson and Francis Crick. While admiring the advances in computer technology, let us remember not only Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, but also Grace Hopper, the creator of modern programming.

Throughout history many women have risked everything in the name of science. This book tells the stories of these scientists, from ancient Greece to the modern day, who in the face of “No” said, “Try and stop me.”

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crown Books for Young Readers
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 22, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 30 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593377648
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593377642
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.6 ounces
Reading age ‏ : ‎ Baby - 3 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.79 x 7.52 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ Women in Series
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 4 - Preschool
Best Sellers Rank: #808,604 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #671 in Children's Science & Technology Biographies
- #1,159 in Children's Women Biographies (Books)
- #4,288 in Children's Books on Girls' & Women's Issues
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Rachel Ignotofsky is a New York Times Best Selling author and illustrator, based in California. She grew up in New Jersey on a healthy diet of cartoons and pudding. She graduated from Tyler School of Art in 2011.

Rachel works for herself and spends all day and night drawing, writing and learning as much as she can. Rachel is a published author with 10 Speed Press and is always thinking up new ideas. Check out her books The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth, Women In Science, Women in Art, and Women In Sports.

Her work is inspired by history and science. She believes that illustration is a powerful tool that can make learning exciting. She has a passion for taking dense information and making it fun and accessible. Rachel hopes to use her work to spread her message about scientific literacy and feminism.

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