Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

I wish I got this when I was a child. Lovely design and incredibly inspirational.

Fantastic introduction to women in science! Bought for my 8 & 10 year old girls and they love it. Great variety of individual stories from ancient Egypt to the modern space age, with lovely artwork to accompany each story. Great springboard for an introduction to science subjects and the women who excelled within science. Each page has a story of one woman and her achievements which is ideal as a bedtime story or to inspire further research! Highly recommend it!

Purchased as a gift. The book is very informative and the content is just right for a primary school child who is finding their love for science

This book is not just for little girls, but for any woman or man of any age within or with an interest in the STEM fields. It is highly inspirational and full of detailed, aesthetic illustrations. The biographies are bite-size and you're likely to encounter several fascinating female scientists you've never previously had an opportunity to hear about. While it maintains a relatively solid feminist agenda, the book has its shortcomings. Occasionally, instead of simply making justice to the female scientist, it unnecessarily highlights the role of men in her life and career. As a result it seems as if were implied that the woman could not have become successful without the aid of a man. As the book is in presentation style and content rather engaging, and for the most part successfully conveys what it intends, I'm willing to overlook some sexism and give it a careful 4/5 stars.

I'm currently doing my teacher training to be a primary school teacher and treated myself to this book in an attempt to convince myself that I like science! Not only is the book absolutely beautiful, but it's also really informative and I've learned so many new things from reading it (not just about the women themselves but STEM in general). A lot of the women are American but there has been some effort to make this book representative and diverse. Each woman has an illustrated double page about her with a page long biography, interesting facts and a quote. I also love that the book touches on statistics, includes a timeline and has the most aesthetically pleasing (but functional!) glossary I've ever seen. I really wish I'd had this as a 9 year old and can't wait to have this in my classroom library. Will be treating myself to Rachel's next book about Women in Sport when it's released in the UK!

Review by Amal (Year 6) This a amazing book encouraging women and girls of all ages to follow there dream. It highlights 50 women to the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths . It profiled famous historic figures such as Marie Curie and Alice Ball the African American chemist who cured Leprosy .This book shows the achievements of intrepid women who followed there dreams and fought for the next generation.

Informative book about a whole range of female scientists, who have been there in the shadows or right upfront - changing the workd. The illustrations are fabulous, addictive to read. Wow!

I gave this book to a friend's 7 year old little girl. It has been a few months and the little girl is only ever seen with this book. It's so beautiful to see her reading (it is a bit hard for her and she does need help with it) about all of these inspiring women. She has been saying now that she would like to be a paleontologist and would like to learn more about the things women have done. This might have been the best present I've ever given anyone in my life. Since seeing it some of my adult friends have bought this book for themselves to read about women in science. I really do highly recomend this for any young girl.