Women have made groundbreaking discoveries for centuries and paved the way for new ones, but until recently no one told their stories and did not do them justice. Rachel Swaby's book, "Persistence and Defiance" changes that.
Hedy Lamarr patented the device that would be used to create WI-FI, but was mainly remembered for one of the first stripped-down film roles. Mary Anning found the remains of a Pleiosaurus and a pterodactyl. Charles Darwin was inspired by her work but did not even mention her name in his book The Origin of Species.
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Nettie Stevens, France's first medical student, discovered that a child's sex is determined by the chromosomes, not by temperature, diet, or which side of the bed you sleep on. However, she had to enter her lectures through a separate door.
Well, WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SCIENCE!
"Persistence and defiance" is evidence in the case. The case of 52 greatest women scientists for the right to education, work and equal treatment. It is enough to read one short chapter a week and after a year you will have an idea of who invented the undying cotton, whose brilliant tests saved the lives of many next generations of newborns, who initiated the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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