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"Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus is the #1 New York Times bestselling novel featuring Elizabeth Zott, a headstrong, gifted chemist in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show. Elizabeth Zott isn't just teaching women to cook. She's daring them to change the status quo.
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In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted to discriminating against women on its faculty, forcing institutions across the country to confront a problem they had long ignored: the need for more women at the top levels of science. Written by Kate Zernike, the journalist who broke the story for The Boston Globe, "The Exceptions" is the untold story of how sixteen highly accomplished women on the MIT faculty came together to do the work that triggered the historic admission.
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The #MeToo movement has touched every facet of the entertainment industry. But, what about the professional sports world?In her new book, “Sidelined:…
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Amber Ruffin and her sister Lacey Lamar grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. Amber moved to New York City where, in 2014, she became the first ever black female…
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Melanie Joy, PhD, EdM, is a Harvard-educated psychologist, international speaker, and organizational and relationship coach.In her newest book,…
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American politics are obsessed with sex and religion has been wound up in these political struggles, and blamed for not a little of the resistance to…
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In "The Hunting of Hillary," Pulitzer prize winning political reporter Michael D’Antonio details the years of lies and insults heaped upon Hillary Clinton…
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond.Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning…
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Kate Manne is known for coining the term “himpathy,” popularized in her New York Times piece on the Kavanaugh hearings, and has become a leading voice on…
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Overcoming obstacles such as sexism and discrimination by male artists, art critics, and art dealers, a group of fearless women including Lee Krasner,…