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Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Step into the observatories, laboratories, and lecture halls where brilliant women pushed past the limits of their age and changed how we understand the world. Centered on the life and voice of pioneering astronomer Maria Mitchell, this bookshelf captures the curiosity, courage, and quiet defiance behind discovery. It’s a journey through ambition and intellect, where every page glows with the thrill of breaking new ground.

43 Audiobooks

Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

by Florence Nightingale

Mathematical Problems : Lecture delivered before the International Congress of Mathematicians at Paris in 1900

Mathematical Problems : Lecture delivered before the International Congress of Mathematicians at Paris in 1900

by David Hilbert

Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses A selection from Miss Nightingale's addresses to probationers and nurses of the Nightingale school at St. Thomas's hospital

Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses A selection from Miss Nightingale's addresses to probationers and nurses of the Nightingale school at St. Thomas's hospital

by Florence Nightingale

Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton: Mis à la portée de tout le monde

Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton: Mis à la portée de tout le monde

by Voltaire

Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu

Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu

by marquise Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil Du Châtelet

The house on Henry Street

The house on Henry Street

by Lillian D. Wald

Lives of the most eminent literary and scientific men of France, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Lives of the most eminent literary and scientific men of France, Vol. 2 (of 2)

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 2 (of 2)

On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 2 (of 2)

by Mary Somerville

On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 1 (of 2)

On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 1 (of 2)

by Mary Somerville

Palace and Mosque at Ukhaidir: A Study in Early Mohammadan Architecture

Palace and Mosque at Ukhaidir: A Study in Early Mohammadan Architecture

by Gertrude Lowthian Bell

A Story of the Red Cross; Glimpses of Field Work

A Story of the Red Cross; Glimpses of Field Work

by Clara Barton

Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures: A Book Of Travel

Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures: A Book Of Travel

by Gertrude Lowthian Bell

Durch die Wüsten und Kulturstätten Syriens

Durch die Wüsten und Kulturstätten Syriens

by Gertrude Lowthian Bell

Grounds of Natural Philosophy: Divided into Thirteen Parts The Second Edition, much altered from the First, which went under the Name of Philosophical and Physical Opinions

Grounds of Natural Philosophy: Divided into Thirteen Parts The Second Edition, much altered from the First, which went under the Name of Philosophical and Physical Opinions

by Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle

Workhouse Nursing: The story of a successful experiment

Workhouse Nursing: The story of a successful experiment

by Florence Nightingale, William Rathbone

Radio-Active Substances

Radio-Active Substances

by Marie Curie

Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 1 of 2)

Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 1 of 2)

by N. M. (Nettie Maria) Stevens

Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 1 (of 3)

Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 1 (of 3)

by James Montgomery, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences

On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences

by Mary Somerville

The Red Cross in Peace and War

The Red Cross in Peace and War

by Clara Barton

Pierre Curie

Pierre Curie

by Marie Curie

Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 3 (of 3)

Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 3 (of 3)

by James Montgomery, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 2 (of 3)

Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 2 (of 3)

by James Montgomery, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Philosophical Letters: or, modest Reflections upon some Opinions in Natural Philosophy

Philosophical Letters: or, modest Reflections upon some Opinions in Natural Philosophy

by Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle

Directions for Cooking by Troops, in Camp and Hospital Prepared for the Army of Virginia, and published by order of the Surgeon General, with essays on "taking food," and "what food."

Directions for Cooking by Troops, in Camp and Hospital Prepared for the Army of Virginia, and published by order of the Surgeon General, with essays on "taking food," and "what food."

by Florence Nightingale

Ten Days in a Mad-House; or, Nellie Bly's Experience on Blackwell's Island. Feigning Insanity in Order to Reveal Asylum Horrors. The Trying Ordeal of the New York World's Girl Correspondent.

Ten Days in a Mad-House; or, Nellie Bly's Experience on Blackwell's Island. Feigning Insanity in Order to Reveal Asylum Horrors. The Trying Ordeal of the New York World's Girl Correspondent.

by Nellie Bly

Sanitary Statistics of Native Colonial Schools and Hospitals

Sanitary Statistics of Native Colonial Schools and Hospitals

by Florence Nightingale

Recherches sur les substances radioactives

Recherches sur les substances radioactives

by Marie Curie

Amurath to Amurath

Amurath to Amurath

by Gertrude Lowthian Bell

Untersuchungen über die radioaktiven Substanzen von Marie Curie, übersetzt und mit Litteratur-Ergänzungen versehen von W. Kaufmann

Untersuchungen über die radioaktiven Substanzen von Marie Curie, übersetzt und mit Litteratur-Ergänzungen versehen von W. Kaufmann

by Marie Curie

Syria, the Desert & the Sown

Syria, the Desert & the Sown

by Gertrude Lowthian Bell

Physical Geography

Physical Geography

by Mary Somerville

Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

by Maria Mitchell

La Radiologie et La Guerre

La Radiologie et La Guerre

by Marie Curie

Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and War

Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and War

by Florence Nightingale

Six Months in Mexico

Six Months in Mexico

by Nellie Bly

A Preliminary Dissertation on the Mechanisms of the Heavens

A Preliminary Dissertation on the Mechanisms of the Heavens

by Mary Somerville

Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 2 of 2)

Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 2 of 2)

by N. M. (Nettie Maria) Stevens

Lives of the most eminent literary and scientific men of France, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Lives of the most eminent literary and scientific men of France, Vol. 1 (of 2)

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Stellar atmospheres : A contribution to the observational study of high temperature in the reversing layers of stars

Stellar atmospheres : A contribution to the observational study of high temperature in the reversing layers of stars

by Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

Introductory notes on lying-in institutions : Together with a proposal for organising an institution for training midwives and midwifery nurses

Introductory notes on lying-in institutions : Together with a proposal for organising an institution for training midwives and midwifery nurses

by Florence Nightingale

On the distribution of intensity in stellar absorption lines

On the distribution of intensity in stellar absorption lines

by Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Harlow Shapley

Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage, Esq.

Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage, Esq.

by Luigi Federico Menabrea