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A diverse group of women engineers from the University of Michigan are standing in front of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. wearing formal business attire
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  • Rachel Marina Ward
Society of Women Engineers Take Their Demands to Capitol Hill
On April 2nd, 2025, ten delegates from the University of Michigan's Society of Women Engineers (SWE) chapter traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in SWE’s annual Congressional Outreach Day. Through representing the voices of countless women and marginalized individuals who are often excluded from governmental conversations, U-M SWE members endorsed a targeted list of federal legislative priorities and funding requests to ensure the success of marginalized groups working in STEM.
Student Stories
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  • Elizabeth Nicole Settoducato
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women who Propelled Us, From Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt
Rise of the Rocket Girls profiles multiple generations of women working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from the 1940s to present. The book highlights gender-based challenges as well as scientific ones, and accessibly explains engineering concepts. Readers who loved Hidden Figures will not be disappointed by this book.
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