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October 2016

October 24, 2016

Princess post up next week – but you get something even cooler this week

In which I unveil my master plan, two years in the making.

October 24, 2016

Three-Year-Old Becomes Wonder Woman With Help of Photographer Dad

When three-year-old Nellee Rossi told her dad she dreamed of being Wonder Woman, he spent hundreds of dollars recreating the movie costume, and then had a photo shoot to recreate some of her iconic film scenes.

October 21, 2016 in Press

RP on Geek Girl Riot!

I talk with the women of the Geek Girl Riot podcast about RP. Mostly. The conversation wends all over to many a nerdy topic.

October 21, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Clementine Paddleford

The Woman Who Revolutionized the Art of Food Writing

Paddleford spent years writing about food in America, traveling all over the country (and the world) to report on regional cuisine.

October 20, 2016 in Press

RP on Talk Nerdy!

The awesome Cara Santa Maria had me on her Talk Nerdy podcast to talk about the RP book.

October 20, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Shirley Muldowney

The First Lady of Drag Racing

Muldowney was the first woman to receive a license from the National Hot Rod Association to drive a Top Fuel dragster, the fastest sanctioned category of drag racers. She went on to be the first person to win the NHRA Top Fuel Championship twice, and then thrice.

October 19, 2016

RP at Central Michigan University

I talked to a class at CMU that actually used the RP book as a textbook.

October 19, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Clare Hollingworth

The Woman Who Scooped the World

After spending a year helping 3,500 refugees escape Poland to Britain, in 1939 Hollingworth broke the news that World War II had started. That was merely the first week of her decades-long career at the Telegraph.

October 18, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Karrie Keyes

Pearl Jam's Sound Engineer for Over Twenty Years

Keyes is one of very few female sound engineers, working with bands like Pearl Jam and the Red Hot Chili Peppers for over thirty years.

October 17, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Sofia Tomov

Inventor of an Algorithm to Predict Adverse Reactions to Drugs in Patients

Tomov has written an algorithm to detect mutations in a patient's genome to predict whether they would have an adverse reaction to a prescription drug. And did I mention she's only twelve?