Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Rise of the Rocket Girls

Plugging in... 

They were called COMPUTERS, their jobs were advertised as "computers". Author Nathalia Holt gives these women their due in her book: "Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars". The secret is out: Science and Mathematics aren't really just for the men in this world!

Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars Cover Image
"Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars" (Little, Brown and Co., 2016) - See more at: http://www.space.com/32572-rise-of-the-rocket-girls-book-author-interview.html#sthash.FcgFqNSN.dpuf
 
"Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars" (Little, Brown and Co., 2016) - See more at: http://www.space.com/32572-rise-of-the-rocket-girls-book-author-interview.html#sthash.FcgFqNSN.dpuf
"Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars" (Little, Brown and Co., 2016) - See more at: http://www.space.com/32572-rise-of-the-rocket-girls-book-author-interview.html#sthash.FcgFqNSN.dpuf
"Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars" (Little, Brown and Co., 2016) - See more at: http://www.space.com/32572-rise-of-the-rocket-girls-book-author-interview.html#sthash.FcgFqNSN.dpuf
"Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars" (Little, Brown and Co., 2016) - See more at: http://www.space.com/32572-rise-of-the-rocket-girls-book-author-interview.html#sthash.FcgFqNSN.dpuf
ALWAYS REMEMBER: before calling for help - is it plugged in, and is it turned on? 

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