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In the 1940s and '50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped bring about the first American satellites, and made the exploration of the solar system possible.

Welcome to Women, Wealth & Woo — the podcast where the soulful meets strategic, and the mystical meets the material. Hosted by Kambria Davis, former corporate baddie turned energy educator & wealth disruptor, this show is your permission slip to question everything you’ve been taught about wealth, worthiness & humanity (because all humans are welcome here--not just women). Each episode is a journey into the heart of what it means to reclaim your power — through aligned money practices, radical self-trust, relationship energetics, cosmic wisdom, and conversations that go way beyond ...

The Sky Is for Everyone is an internationally diverse collection of autobiographical narratives by women who broke down barriers and changed the face of modern astronomy. This audiobook vividly describes how, before 1900, a woman who wanted to study the stars had to have a father, brother, or husband to provide entry, and how the considerable intellectual skills of women astronomers were still not enough to enable them to pry open doors of opportunity for much of the twentieth century. After decades of difficult struggles, women are closer to equality in astronomy than ever before.