Remarkable Women: Reclaiming Their Stories Book 1

by Look, Alice; Applegate, Jane

• ISBN13: 9798350942835
• ISBN10: 8350942835
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2024-04-02
• Publisher: BookBaby

Summary

From Ada Lovelace, who was the first computer programmer in 1843 to Opal Lee, the "grandmother of Juneteenth" to Katalin Kariko, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine for her groundbreaking work that made COVID-19 vaccines possible -- remarkable women have changed our world. Throughout history, they have taken breathtaking risks, and overcome tremendous societal, gender and racial barriers to make their indelible mark on society and culture. But most of these important stories have not been celebrated – until now.

In Remarkable Women: Reclaiming Their Stories, you'll be inspired as you read about their perseverance and passion as they pursued their dreams. Meet 23 women who have made a difference as activists, scientists, inventors, bold creatives, fearless journalists and aviators.

Remarkable Women: Reclaiming Their Stories is the first in a series of books for everyone who wants to have a complete perspective of history and the women who helped shape our world.

Author Biography

Alice Look is a co-founder of the Remarkable Women Project, a multi-platform initiative created to share and promote stories of accomplished women who have made their mark on history but whose contributions and talents have been ignored, forgotten, dismissed or overlooked. She is a former journalist and television executive, documentary and news producer and screenwriter. Remarkable Women: Reclaiming Their Stories is her first book and also the first in a series of books featuring women across generations and fields of endeavor. Jane Applegate is a co-founder of the Remarkable Women Project. She is the author of five books about business success and a co-founder of Showbizing.com, a a company offering entertainment career guidance and production consulting. She has produced a variety of feature films and documentaries, including To Keep the Light, a period drama set in Jonesport, Maine in the 1860's and health docs for NBC and Discovery Health. She teaches the Business of Film course at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema at Brooklyn College.