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Podcast: Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation
Episode: Kirsten W. Larson on Wonder Woman, aircraft designer E. Lillian Todd, and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne
Description: Send us Fan MailIâm joined by Kirsten W. Larson, former NASA public affairs specialist and author of four nonfiction picture booksâincluding Wood, Wire, Wings, the story of pioneering airplane designer E. Lillian (Emma) Todd, and A True Wonder, a biography of Wonder Woman as a cultural icon shaped by womenâs history.We talk about how Kirsten became a childrenâs nonfiction author, why the back matter matters, and what drew her to stories that put overlooked women back into the historical recordâespecially women who werenât âthe winnersâ history tends to preserve. We...