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Recommended Reads About Women In STEM

While there are several wonderful options for books about STEM, we have picked from our library collection and from our staffs reading list. Young Readers Nonfiction Teen Nonfiction Nonfiction Feel free to let us know what you think of our selections, or add your own in the comment section below!

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Jane Goodall

Leah finishes Heart & Connection Month with a gal whose empathy for animals changed our understanding of the world. Learn about Jane Goodall and her amazing work with chimpanzees. Learning Theme of 2026 About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us each week to learn different aspects of personal and collective well being. Each of our […]

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Helen B. Taussig

Bonnie starts our Heart & Connection Month with another “puny pick.” First there was a botanist for Rooted in Self Month, now there is a cardiologist for Heart & Connection Month. Learn all about the amazing Helen B. Taussig who founded the field of pediatric cardiology. Learning Theme of 2026 About The Gal’s Guide Podcast […]

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Jeanne Baret

It’s the start of Season 9! The Gal Pals are back, starting off our year by learning about Personal & Collective Well-being. Leah gives you the details on the year before Bonnie starts off Rooted in Self Month with her pick, Jeanne Baret. Learn about the French botanist who was the first woman to get […]

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Maia Szalavitz

Katie continues Personal Change month with a neuroscience journalist who covers drugs, addition and public policy. Learn about Maia Szalavitz on this week’s episode. Joined by Leah, Katie and Klaire Lockheart. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from around the world. Each of […]

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Dorothy Hodgkin

Bonnie starts of Personal Change month with a chemist who won a Noble Prize. Joined by Leah, Katie and Klaire Lockheart. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from around the world. Each of our presenters has a pick. Is she ancient history? Is […]

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Mary Sherman Morgan

Katie closes up Innovation Month with a gal who invented a new rocket fuel. Learn about Mary Sherman Morgan and how her invention of Hydyne helped launch the United States’ first satellite.  About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from around the world. Each […]

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Beatrice Shilling

Bonnie continues Innovation Month (that’s weird to type, normally Bonnie starts a month! ) with a rebel with a need for speed! Beatrice Shilling, also called Tilly, was an aerospace engineer and motorcycle racer. Learn about this British innovator who broke records and saved lives! About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure […]

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Eva Ekeblad

Riwo starts off Scandinavian Gal Month with Swedish royalty who saved her country with alcohol! Learn all about the gal with a brain for science, Eva Ekeblad! About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from around the world. Each of our presenters has a […]

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Sameera Moussa

Middle East Month continues with the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist. Sameera Moussa is Katie’s pick. Learn about Sameera worked toward and hoped for a world where atomic energy was used to help those in need at little or no cost, and that this new energy was used in peace and productivity. She is known […]