In Gutsy Girls Go for Science: Programmers with STEM Projects for Kids, readers ages 8 to 11 meet several female programmers who made revolutionary discoveries in the field of technology--Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, The ENIAC Women, Dorothy Vaughan, and Margaret Hamilton. These women worked incredibly hard to follow their passion for technology while breaking through barriers of both gender and race to succeed in a field they loved.
Karen Bush Gibson is the author of more than 30 nonfiction books for children and a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. One of her books about women aviators was named a 2014 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People by the NCSS and a selection in Air & Space/Smithsonian's Best Children's Books of 2013 roundup of aviation and space-themed books. Karen lives in Norman, Oklahoma.