Headstrong 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the

Fifty-twoinspiringandinsightfulprofilesofhistory’sbrightestfemalescientists.In2013，theNewYorkTimespublishedanobituaryforYvonneBrill.Itbegan：“Shemadeameanbeefstroganoff，followedherhusbandfromjobtojob，andtookeightyearsofffromworktoraisethreechildren.”Itwasn’tuntilthesecondparagraphthatreadersdiscoveredwhytheTimeshaddevotedseveralhundredwordstoherlife：Brillwasabrilliantrocketscientistwhoinventedapropulsionsystemtokeepcommunicationssatellitesinorbit，andhadrecentlybeenawardedtheNationalMedalofTechnologyandInnovation.Amongthequestionstheobituary—andconsequentoutcry—promptedwere，Whoaretherolemodelsfortoday’sfemalescientists，andwherecanwefindthestoriesthatcastthemintheirtruelight?Headstrongdeliversapowerful，global，andengagingresponse.CoveringNobelPrizewinnersandmajorinnovators，aswellaslesser-knownbuthugelysignificantscientistswhoinfluenceoureveryday，RachelSwaby’svibrantprofilesspancenturiesofcourageousthinkersandillustratehoweachone’sideasdeveloped，fromtheirfirstmomentofscientificengagementthroughtheresearchanddiscoveryforwhichthey’rebestknown.Thisfascinatingtourrevealsthese52womenattheirbest—whileencouragingandinspiringanewgenerationofgirlstoputontheirlabcoats.