This book is a collection of chapters and many other volumes and narratives exploring the lives and work of women in STEM are a necessary part of contemporary dis- course, because we are consistently in need of research and role models in exploring the lives and work of women in the sciences. Contrary to some thinking, even in 2014, it is never automatically assumed that women can and have excelled in STEM fields and that they do indeed make extraordinary contributions that ad- vance knowledge and discovery. It is necessary to explore the lives and work of girls and women and find ways to encourage their participation in science, technol- ogy engineering and mathematics. We need these studies and others, and we must find ways to see females’ STEM aspirations as typical of our time.