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In Wonder Women, author Sam Maggs tells the stories of the brilliant, brainy, and totally rad women in history who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers, and inventors.
You may think you know women’s history pretty well. But have you ever heard of. . .
· Alice Ball, the chemist who developed a treatment for leprosy—only to have the credit taken by a man?
· Mary Sherman Morgan, the rocket scientist whose liquid fuel compounds blasted the first U.S. satellite into orbit?
· Huang Daopo, the inventor whose weaving technology revolutionized textile production in China—centuries before the cotton gin?
Publisher: Quirk Books; Illustrated edition (October 4, 2016)
Author(s): Sam Maggs
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Dimensions: 5.34 x 0.88 x 7.77 inches
ISBN: 9781594749254
Language(s): English
