Women Make History: Fifty-Three Stories of Courage, Strength & Resilience

Description

Get motivated by the grit of groundbreaking women! In Women Make History: Fifty-Three Stories of Courage, Strength & Resilience, you’ll meet trailblazing women whose accomplishments have been dismissed, forgotten, or wrongly attributed. Spanning Colonial America to the late 20th century, you’ll be immersed in a kaleidoscope of backgrounds and experiences including: Gladys West, the brilliant African American mathematician who struggled to find work in the 1950s because of Jim Crow laws, yet went on to invent the critical components of GPS; Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American physician, who cared for 1,300 people across 1,200 miles of Nebraska plains in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; Meg Crane, who designed the first home pregnancy test and improved women’s lives worldwide, launched a multi-million-dollar enterprise in the 1960s. Once you’ve read Women Make History, you’ll never forget how the courage of one’s convictions can illuminate a path forward for everyone.

Binding Type: Paperback
Contributors: Sharon Spaulding,Doug Dasilva (Cover Design by),Carl Spaulding (Illustrator)
Published: 02/14/2026
Publisher: Outside the Box, LLC
ISBN: 9798993436906
Pages: 254
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 0.69″ H x 9.19″ L x 7.00″ W

About the Author
Spaulding, Sharon: – Sharon Spaulding has written for Ms. magazine, Smithsonian.com, New Hampshire Magazine, and other publications. A grant from the Schlesinger Library forwarded her research on Mary Ware Dennett, a twentieth century reproductive rights activist. Sharon writes a monthly newsletter, “Women Make History: Stories We Should Have Learned in School,” and lives near Salt Lake City, Utah.Dasilva, Doug: – Senior creative services professional, bringing a wealth of design and project management experience to corporate, retail, educational, non-profit, and creative services/agency environments.Spaulding, Carl: – Carl Spaulding’s pen-and-ink illustrations bring to life the character and strength of each person he portrays. He has created designs for retail merchandise, point-of-purchase displays, and comics. He lives just outside Salt Lake City, Utah.