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Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, Melissa L Sevigny
Follow Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter's 1938 journey down the Colorado River, the most dangerous river in the world.
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August 2024

Dr Lori Alvord, Surgeon
Lori Alvord is an American surgeon who became the first Navajo woman to be certified in surgery in 1994.
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Dr Laura Bassi, Physicist & Philosopher
Laura Bassi was an 18th century Italian physicist and philosopher who made history as the first woman in the world to have a doctorate in science.
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The Sloth Lemur’s Song: Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present, Alison Richard
Alison Richard has spent over 50 years investigating Madagascar's mysteries and this moving account of that remarkable island is based on her…
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ALD News: Ada Lovelace Day Live tickets on sale now!
Join us at the Royal Institution in London on Tuesday 8 October for a fabulous evening of STEMtertainment
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ALD News: Two more ALD Live speakers and our guest author announced!
Plus how to organise a watch party, Substack paid sub snafu, join us on Bluesky or LinkedIn, and engineer Roma Agrawal's latest book for children.
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Clara Immerwahr, Chemist
Clara Immerwahr was a German chemist and the first woman to be awarded a doctorate in chemistry from a German university.
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Prof Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Virologist
Françoise Barré-Sinousi is a French virologist who co-discovered the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 1983.
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July 2024

Preventable: How a Pandemic Changed the World & How to Stop the Next One, Devi Sridhar
Prof Devi Sridhar highlights lessons learned from outbreaks past and present, and details a vision for how we can better protect ourselves from the…
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Prof Patrizia A Caraveo, Astrophysicist
Patrizia A Caraveo used multiwavelength astronomy to identify and understand the Geminga neutron star, the closest known pulsar to the Earth.
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Jeanne Villepreux-Power, Marine Biologist & Inventor
Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented the glass aquarium and discovered that the Argonauta octopus produces its own shells.
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ALD News: Introducing three more fabulous ALD Live speakers
Plus organise your own livestream event and sad news from Tech Talent Charter.
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