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Gifts to Encourage Girls in STEM
Here's a list of some great toys and books for girls and boys, to help get kids engaged in STEM. These are tried and true toys that my kids have loved. Rosie Revere, Engineer is a charming picture book about building, failure and trying again, and about what SciGirls...
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On this day in history: Women in Wyoming Territory Get the Vote!
On December 10, 1869, Wyoming became the first American territory to give women the right to vote! You'll notice that's well before the rest of the nation, since nation-wide, American women got the right to vote in 1920, after a very long and very hard fight that...
read moreBeautiful Embroidered Globe for a Girls’ School
If you study women's history, something that comes up a lot is that for centuries, women weren't allowed to learn, either weren't allowed to go to school at all, or once they could go to school, there were limits and certain subjects weren't allowed to be taught. Do...
read moreNavajo Teen Inventor Has Solar Heating Solution!
The Being Bold podcast is in its season on Inventors, so this UpliftConnect.com writes: "High school senior student, Kelly Charley is developing a solar heater for the thousands of homes in the Navajo...
read moreDid you learn about women in school? We didn’t either.
"Each time a girl opens a book and reads a womanless history, she learns she is worth less." This painful but true statement was written by Myra and David Sadker, in Failing at Fairness: How America's Schools Cheat Girls. The women and men of color I learned about as...
read more5 Women in STEM Podcasts!
While we're writing and recording podcast episodes as fast as we can, there are so many amazing people out there! Here's a list of 5 podcasts that interview women working in STEM fields....
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Ruth Draper: Actress Who Invented the Modern Monologue
When I first came across Ruth Draper, it said that she was a monologist. What's THAT? I wondered, so I read more to find out. A monologist is an actor or actress who performs monologues, which means only one person is on stage and speaking. In Hamlet, the famous "to...
read moreStories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, a Great Book!
I am super excited about this book, from the folks who brought you the Rebel Girls books. Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, by Ben Brooks and illustrated by Quinton Wintor. The sample story in the photograph is about Daniel Anthony, whose daughter told him...
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Born today in history: Amelia Earhart, July 24, 1897
There are so many exciting women in early aviation! We'll start with Amelia Earhart, because today's her birthday, she was born on July 24th in 1897. If you don't know about her, her most famous accomplishment is that in 1932, she was the first woman (and the second...
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Who invented the Super Soaker? (Rocket Scientist)
I never thought about who invented the Super Soaker, that giant water gun that lets you really soak your friends while not having to stop to refill your squirt gun every few minutes. Did you ever wonder? I found out who invented it this summer, as our family was on a...
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