Today’s zoom talk was by Warwick’s bookstore: “Chelsea Clinton and Atia Abawi SHE PERSISTED: SALLY RIDE” and hosted by Dr. Karen Flammer. She Persisted: Sally Ride is another children’s book in Chelsea’s series of She Persisted books on women who made history and this one is on the awesome Sally Ride! Fun fact: did you know that Sally wanted to be a professional tennis player?
Here is the official blurb:
“As the first American woman in space, Sally Ride broke barriers and made her dreams come true. But she wanted to do even more! After leaving NASA, she created science and engineering programs that would help other girls and women make their dreams come true as well. In this chapter book biography by Atia Abawi, readers learn about the amazing life of Sally Ride – and how she persisted.
Chelsea Clinton is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World; She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History; She Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changed the Game; Don’t Let Them Disappear: 12 Endangered Species Across the Globe; It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!; Start Now!: You Can Make a Difference; with Hillary Clinton, Grandma’s Gardens and Gutsy Women; and, with Devi Sridhar, Governing Global Health: Who Runs the World and Why? She is also the Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, where she works on many initiatives, including those that help empower the next generation of leaders. She lives in New York City with her husband, Marc, their children and their dog, Soren.
Atia Abawi is a foreign news correspondent who spent ten years living and working in Afghanistan and then the Middle East. She was born to Afghan parents in West Germany and was raised in the United States. She is the critically acclaimed author of The Secret Sky and A Land of Permanent Goodbyes. She currently lives in California with her husband, Conor Powell, their son, Arian, and their daughter, Elin.
Dr. Karen Flammer is the Director of Digital Learning at UC San Diego. She served as Interim Director from March – September 2017, during which time she worked with UC San Diego faculty and the Teaching + Learning Commons to launch a MOOC Professional Certificate Program on the EdX platform and launch a Micromasters in Data Science online. Dr. Flammer is also co-founder and former Senior Vice President of Sally Ride Science, a STEM education technology company dedicated to inspiring young people in STEM and to promoting STEM literacy.” (https://www.warwicks.com/event/clinton-and-abawi-2021).
