“November 2014, focus on science communications full-time. I now work for a cancer charity, “translating” science into English for fundraising teams. My writing reaches so many people and helps raise money toward cancer research, and it feels very meaningful to… — Sam Maggs Copy Share Image
“It’s time to shake off the bogus fear that pursuing any interest that falls outside the traditionally “feminine”—say, working in a STEM field, exploring… — Sam Maggs Copy Share Image
“The CIA might be a good ol’ boy network, but in my opinion HUMINT (human intelligence) is largely a woman’s world.” — Sam Maggs Copy Share Image
“Highly educated and openly bisexual, Elvira had twice the brains of everyone around her and was consistently bored with a life that didn’t offer… — Sam Maggs Copy Share Image
“First, though, we have to get the stories of these women out into the world. Because representation matters. And we ladies need real inspiration… — Sam Maggs Copy Share Image
“f you love science and equality but hate leprosy (and who doesn’t?), Alice Ball is 100 percent your kind of gal.” — Sam Maggs Copy Share Image
“Using their unique skill sets (photographic memories, encrypting, forging, pretending to enjoy being in public with a bunch of people when they’d really rather… — Sam Maggs Copy Share Image
“A seventh-century Coptic bishop would later describe her as “devoted at all times to magic, astrolabes and instruments of music” who “beguiled many people… — Sam Maggs Copy Share Image
“When many others blamed the eclipse phenomenon on supernatural events, Zhenyi wrote back, “Actually, it’s definitely because of the moon.” (Direct quote!) All” — Sam Maggs Copy Share Image
“In this kind of social climate, it’s easy to grow up thinking that women don’t get involved in tech or science or medicine or… — Sam Maggs Copy Share Image
“Ada (whom Babbage adorably called the “Enchantress of Numbers” and “Lady Fairy”)” — Sam Maggs Copy Share Image
“After being approached at his mother’s funeral by a man who told him that Mary had “single-handedly saved America’s space program…and nobody knows it… — Sam Maggs Copy Share Image
![“A seventh-century Coptic bishop would later describe her as “devoted at all times to magic, astrolabes and instruments of music” who “beguiled many people through [her] Satanic wiles,” which sounds like a compliment to me. SOPHIA” quote by Sam Maggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/974/sam-maggs-30688_music_a-seventh-century-coptic-bishop-would-la_1837146.jpg)
