“First, though, we have to get the stories of these women out into the world. Because representation matters. And we ladies need real inspiration for the next time we find ourselves doubting our ability to invent something, the next time… — 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
“Ada’s mother, Anne, was a mathematician in her own right, and despite Lord Byron praising Anne as the “Princess of Parallelograms,” the two had… — Sam Maggs Copy Share Image
“When in 1944 the Nazis failed to meet her as agreed in Madrid (a meeting at which she might have been interrogated about the… — Sam Maggs Copy Share Image
“Zhenyi knew she was awesome, too. In one of her well-regarded poems, she writes that her ambition was “to a kind even stronger than… — 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)
