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Resources for Girls, Young Women, 

and Women in Engineering and Science



Websites:

IEEE Engineering Summer Camps

Animated Film of Miss Lilian Todd - first female aviatrix and founder of RCA

The Space Gal - Engineer and Vivian Carr award winner Emily Calandrelli

Career Girls - A website devoted to inspiring young women to investigate various career clusters

Engineer Girl - A website designed to bring national attention to the exciting opportunities that engineering represents for girls and women

Society of Women Engineers NEXTSWENext is a way for girls to become a part of the SWE engineering community as students through the age of 18

Women in Computing

Free Posters Celebrating Women and Girls in Science





Books:

Code Girls:  The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II”, by Liza Mundy

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II”, by Denise Kiernan

Rise of the Rocket Girls:  The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars”, by Nathalia Holt

Hidden Figures:  The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race”, by Margot Lee Shetterly

"Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science and the World", by Rachel Swaby

"Broadband: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet" by Claire L. Evans

"No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference", by Greta Thunberg

"Alpha Girls, The Women Upstarts Who Took on Silicon Valley's Male Culture and Made the Deals of A Lifetime", by Julian Guthrie

Education - Undergraduate Programs:

10 Best Colleges to Attend for Women in STEM - February 2021 College Magazine

America's Top STEM Schools for Women - August 2019 Forbes Magazine

Women in STEM - September 2021 BestColleges.com

Hidden Gems for Women in STEM - June 2021 College Raptor

Education - Graduate Programs:

The 13 Most Important STEM Colleges for Women - as compiled by UC Davis

Graduate Engineering Programs with the Most Women - December 2015 US News and World Report

Women in STEM Scholarships - October 2021 Built In BETA

Additional Articles of Interest for Wireless Women and Girls