On this episode of Our American Stories, Nicole Small, the former CEO of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, shares how she is now inspiring young women to pursue careers in STEM. Jon Elfner helps tell the story behind Charles Eliot's claim that, "all a man needs for a good education is a 5-foot bookshelf"  and what came to be known as "The Harvard Classics."

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Time Codes: 

00:00 - The Woman Introducing STEM Careers to Young Girls

37:00 - Harvard's President Believed Books, Not Schooling, Were the Key To Education