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Reclaiming the lives and experiences of pioneering women in mathematics: Eva Kaufholz-Soldat and Nicola M. R. Oswald (eds): Against all odds: women's ways to mathematical research since 1800. Jenny Boucard deftly examines Sophie Germain's contributions to and engagements with mathematics by adopting a primarily externalist perspective that provides an analytic framework within which she examines socio-political commentary on the discipline from the nineteenth century. Oral histories allow Fajstrup, Gjerløff, and Kjeldsen to profile four Danish women who established professional careers and undertook leadership roles in mathematics in the latter half of the twentieth century. [Extracted from the article]