Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers
Women Engineers Speak Up Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers By Sybil E. Hatch; Society of Civil Engineers Press (www.asce.org/bookstore) ISBN: 0-7844-0841-6; 222 pages; $49.00 (#36.75-ASCE member) This first product of the Extraordinary Women Engineers Coalition is a joint effort by nearly 60 employers of and associations for engineers to encourage more young women to take up the profession. It is a fascinating spin through the careers of female role models—past and present.
The 222 pages of Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers is filled with vibrant photos of women in their engineering milieus and lively descriptions of their experiences and motivations by author Sybil Hatch, a 14-year civil engineering veteran. The format brings engineering up close and personal to young readers and infuses a vitality into the profession that may make it seem as exciting to girls as fashion modeling, travel writing or TV anchoring. Smart girls rule in this jam-packed epic, as they tackle hurdles and achieve successes in once-closed engineering and technology careers.