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Published on 24 February 2023
International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.
This year's theme for International Women's Day is Cracking the Code. Please enjoy this book list illustrating amazing women in science and the code breakers of the past. The titles range from biographical and historical to code breaking and modern science. The fiction titles involve women working in the field of science or code breaking.
The Bletchley women Patricia Adrian
Wartime at Bletchley Park Molly Green
Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus
The girl from Bletchley Park Kathleen McGurl
Secrets at Bletchley Park Margaret Dickinson
The rose code Kate Quinn
Angels and demons Dan Brown
The love hypothesis Ali Hazelwood
The atomic weight of love Elizabeth Church
In Farleigh Field Rhys Bowen
Passage Connie Willis
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle
The atomic city girls Janet Beard
The Chemist Stephanie Meyer
Cristy Burne
Agatha Christie: a very elusive woman Lucy Worsley
She will soar Ana Sampson
Michelle Simmons: Quantum computing scientist Nova Weetman
Women in white coats Olivia Campbell
Gisela Kaplan: bird and primate scientist Emily Gale
The code breaker Walter Isaacson
Rebel women Rosalind Miles
Ten women who changed science, and the world Catherine Whitlock and Rhodri Evans
Forgotten women. The scientists Zing Tsjeng
Girls who code Reshma Saujani
100 women who made history: remarkable women who shaped our world Stella Caldwell
The Bletchley girls: war, secrecy, love and loss Tessa Dunlop
Georgia Ward-Fear: reptile biologist and explorer Claire Saxby
Marie Curie and her daughters: the private lives of science's first family Shelley Emling
FrankTALK with Caroline BeechamEster's Children Monday 6 March 6 5.30pm - 6.30pm Frankston Library
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