I receive remarkable questions from students and readers—about stories, history, the process of writing, and all those dark, unexplored crevices in history. It never ceases to amaze me how inquisitive young minds can be. I learn so much for what I’m asked to consider or rethink, so whether you’re a young reader or not, ask away… Submit a question!

WOMEN & GIRLS: WILMA RUDOLPH

Determination. If anyone’s life can be summed up in that one word, it’s WILMA RUDOLPH. From the circumstances of...

Women & Girls: Josephine Cochrane

While she was born into a family of inventors, JOSEPHINE COCHRANE was not formally educated in the sciences. Born...

WOMEN & GIRLS: Sophie Scholl

Meet SOPHIE SCHOLL, a young woman now remembered as the girl who stood up to Hitler. A member of...

Women & Girls: Ruth E. Carter

If you’ve seen the movie Black Panther, or its sequel Wakanda Forever, then you are familiar with its exquisite...

Mae Jemison
Women & Girls: Mae Jemison

“Hailing frequencies open.” As an African American female growing up in the 1960s, MAE JEMISON noticed the lack of...

Women & Girls: Mary Anning

You have likely heard the saying, “She sells seashells by the seashore.” This phrase references the first woman paleontologist, MARY ANNING...