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I'm so grateful to know about these amazing women scientists who shone even amid all the obstacles placed in their way. Looking forward to your novel!

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Thanks, Leah. I’m excited to share it! 🥰

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So many incredible women are left in the nothing but the shadow of their findings..; thank you for sharing these three with us Julie - I cannot wait to read the first chapter of your novel!

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I love that they followed their curiosity into great discoveries that benefit us all. Thanks for reading, Susie. 💚

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Thank you for sharing these incredible women with me. And I cannot wait to begin your novel! This! >>> @She’s determined to expose the methane-leaking cracks in gas wells while hiding her own widening cracks—in her integrity, her relationships, her health, and her control over any of it.”

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Thanks for reading, Kimberly! I’m excited. 😊

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It’s going to be incredible. I know it.

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Oh dear Julie. Here with my nerd hat on any time you need me. I'm so frigging excited for Flux to be in the world! This is such a great post and I'm happy to read these profiles.

"In later interviews, she denied that sexism or misogyny had any effect on her education or career." Argh this is so common among the women ahead of me, I find. They have so been drilled not to "play the victim" that they deny the systemic sexism standing in all of our ways. I find it both understandable and incredibly frustrating.

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I saw that on a YouTube interview. The interviewer was a woman and she kept asking it in different ways but Hack kept denying it. Different generation for sure. Hell, I didn’t even know what sexual harassment was in my first job — but I was oh so grateful to them for hiring me. 😳😬

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Love, Love that you’re highlighting women in science. And I can’t wait for this novel and to meet Grace!

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Thanks, Holly. Glad you enjoyed it.

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This sounds like a truly wonderful novel. I love your empathetic take on our experiences!

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Thanks for your generosity with your time and experiences, Liz.

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Thank you for highlighting these three women! And I can’t wait to read about Grace!

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Thanks, Sally. I’m excited. 😊

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Great list, thanks for this!

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Glad you enjoyed it, Claudia.

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Julie, I appreciate that you highlighted these women scientists. Somehow all the credit seems to go to the celebrities and little to the people who really make the world work.

One of my favorite topics is the women who were early African explorers and who presented a much needed alternate view of the continent as a place ripe for exploitation. I’ve read much of what Mary Kingsley wrote during her travels, but there is a good primer called “Women Explorers in Africa: Christina Dodwell, Delia Akeley, Mary Kingsley, Florence Von Sass-Baker, Alexandrine Tinne,” available on Amazon.

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