An inspiring picture book about the meteorologist whose discoveries
helped us understand how weather worksWhen Joanne Simpson
(1923-2010) was a girl, she sailed her boat beneath the puffy white
clouds of Cape Cod. As a pilot, she flew her plane so high, its
wings almost touched them. And when World War II began and Joanne
moved to the University of Chicago, a professor asked her to teach
Air Force officers about those very clouds and the weather-changing
winds.As soon as the war ended, Joanne decided to seriously study
the clouds she had grown to love so much. Her professors laughed.
They told her to go home. They told her she was no longer needed.
They told her, "No woman ever got a doctorate in meteorology. And
no woman ever will."But Joanne was stubborn. She sold her boat. She
flew her last flight. She saved her money so that she could study
clouds. She worked so hard and discovered so much that-despite what
the professors said-she received a doctorate in meteorology. She
was the first woman in the world to do so.Breaking Through the
Clouds tells the story of a trailblazing scientist whose
discoveries about clouds and how they work changed everything we
know about weather today.
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