The 2013 Women's History Month theme is "Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination: Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics". We will be celebrating the historic contributions of women in the sciences with Now @ MPL blog posts throughout the month of March.
To learn more about the history of innovating women, have a look at the collected biographies in American Women of Science Since 1900 and The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science.
You can also explore the lives and challenges of women currently working in the sciences in books such as Sisters in Science: Conversations with Black Women Scientists About Race, Gender, and Their Passion; Women in Science: Then and Now; and The Madame Curie Complex : the Hidden History of Women in Science.