Her story raved about in Society of Women Engineers Spring 2009 issue
Her story raved about in Society of Women Engineers Spring issue!
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Daring to dream – Staten Island Parent March 2009
Daring to dream – Staten Island Parent
What do the following have in common? A patent for an illuminated writing board. The commercialization of indigo.
The process of tufting used for chenille bedspreads and industrial carpeting. The answer is: all were developed by girls while they were teenagers! Becky Schroeder, Eliza Lucas, and Catherine Evans didn’t know that they were changing the world with their ideas; but they did.
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Her Story follows ladies’ impact on American culture and politics – Albuquerque Journal – 1/25/2009
Her Story follows ladies’ impact on American culture and politics – Albuquerque Journal 
This volume offers snapshots of the achievements of the women who had some impact on the country from the users before it was a nation to 2007.
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Mothers of Invention – ASEE Prism November 2008
The machine that folds paper bags with flat, square bottoms was invented in 1870 by Margaret Knight, only one of 
more than 850 women featured in a new book, Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America. The 272-page, impressively illustrated book marks women’s achievements in a variety of areas, including technology, academia, politics and sports. Some are well-known, like astronaut Sally Ride and environmentalist/biologist Rachel Carson. Others less so, like chemist Stephanie Kwolek, who in 1965 invented the bullet-proof material Kevlar.
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National History expert offers “her” slant on women today at MSU on Tuesday (10/12/2008)
National History expert offers “her” slant on women today at MSU on Tuesday – Starkville Mississippi 
The country may not have been ready for a women president in 2009 but by 2010, when women will take control of 60 percent of the nation’s wealth according to some futurist, a change in leadership may follow. Are women ready?
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