Book Club is hosted typically the first Monday of each month, via video call.
- If you would like to be on the book club email list to learn of upcoming events, please send an email to bookclubcoordinator@sweboston.org
- If you have suggestions for books to read for future events, please send an email to bookclubcoordinator@sweboston.org
Feel free to come even if you haven’t read the book! We’ll discuss the book and topics that matter to us as members and supporters of the Society of Women Engineers Boston Chapter.
The April book selection is The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd. Come Join SWE Boston on Monday, April 7, 2025 from 8-9 PM over Zoom!
Eliza Lucas is sixteen years old when her father leaves her in charge of their family’s three plantations in rural South Carolina and then proceeds to bleed the estates dry in pursuit of his military ambitions. Based on historical documents, including Eliza’s letters, this is a historical fiction account of how a teenage girl produced indigo dye, which became one of the largest exports out of South Carolina, an export that laid the foundation for the incredible wealth of several Southern families who still live on today. Although largely overlooked by historians, the accomplishments of Eliza Lucas influenced the course of US history. When she passed away in 1793, President George Washington served as a pallbearer at her funeral.
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Join us for an insightful discussion at our May book club meeting on Monday, May 5, 2025 from 8-9 PM over Zoom, where we will explore Richard Reeves’ compelling work, “Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It.” In this thought-provoking book, Reeves delves into the challenges faced by modern males in a rapidly changing world. He examines the social, economic, and educational factors contributing to these struggles and highlights why addressing these issues is crucial for society as a whole. Reeves offers a balanced perspective, emphasizing the importance of understanding and supporting men and boys while advocating for gender equality.
Past Book Club Events
- March 2025: Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way by Roma Agrawal
- February 2025: The Woman’s Hour by Elaine F. Weiss
- January 2025: The Women by Kristin Hannah
- December 2024: The Engineer’s Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood
- November 2024: She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders, 2nd edition (2013) by Jennifer Finney Boylan
- October 2024: Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machine by Joy Buolamwini
- September 2024: Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
- July 2024: The Exceptions by Kate Zernike
- May 2024: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
- April 2024: My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor.
- February 2024: The Likeability Trap by Alicia Menendez.
- January 2024: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrick Backman.
- December 2023: Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
- November 2023: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- September 2023: Yerba Buena by Nina Lacour
- August 2023: The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates
- June 2023: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
- May 2023: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- June 2022: The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
- April 2022: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
- March 2022: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
- February 2021: The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
- March 2021: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
- April 2021: Invisible Women: Data Bias In A World Designed for Men
- May 2021: To Caroline – Love, Auntie by Linda Graf
- July 2021: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- September 2021: The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight by Martha Ackmann
- October 2021: WWW: Wake by Robert J Sawyer
