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Author Swaby, Rachel, author.
Title Trailblazers : 33 women in science who changed the world / Rachel Swaby.
Publisher New York : Yearling Books, 2017.
©2016
Edition First Yearling edition.
Description xii, 195 pages ; 20 cm
book jacket
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 Wilkinsburg Children's Biography  J 920 SWA BIOGRAPHY     ON HOLDSHELF

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Note Based on: 52 women who changed science--and the world, by Rachel Swaby.
In English.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-189) and index.
Summary Technology and invention. Ada Lovelace ; Hertha Ayrton ; Hedy Lamarr ; Ruth Benerito ; Stephanie Kwolek ; Grace Murray Hopper -- The Earth and stars. Maria Gaetana Agnesi ; Maria Mitchell ; Emmy Noether ; Sophie Kowalevski ; Annie Jump Cannon ; Marguerite Perey ; Marie Tharp ; Yvonne Brill ; Sally Ride -- Health and medicine. Ellen Swallow Richards ; Anna Wessels Williams ; Alice Hamilton ; Alice Ball ; Helen Taussig ; Elsie Widdowson ; Virginia Apgar ; Jane Wright ; Florence Nightingale -- Biology. Maria Sibylla Merian ; Jeanne Villepreux-Power ; Mary Anning ; Barbara McClintock ; Rachel Carson ; Ruth Patrick ; Rita Levi-Montalcini ; Rosalind Franklin ; Rosalyn Sussman Yalow.
Audience Ages 10 and up.
Subject Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852.
Ayrton, Hertha.
Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000.
Benerito, Ruth.
Kwolek, Stephanie, 1923-2014.
Hopper, Grace Murray.
Agnesi, Maria Gaetana, 1718-1799.
Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889.
Noether, Emmy, 1882-1935.
Kovalevskai︠a︡, S. V. (Sofʹi︠a︡ Vasilʹevna), 1850-1891.
Cannon, Annie Jump, 1863-1941.
Perey, Marguerite.
Tharp, Marie.
Brill, Yvonne.
Ride, Sally.
Richards, Ellen H. (Ellen Henrietta), 1842-1911.
Williams, Anna Wessels, 1863-1954.
Hamilton, Alice.
Ball, Alice.
Taussig, Helen B. (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986.
Widdowson, Elsie M. (Elsie May), 1906-2000.
Apgar, Virginia, 1909-1974.
Wright, Jane.
Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717.
Villepreux-Power, Jeanne.
Anning, Mary, 1799-1847.
McClintock, Barbara.
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.
Patrick, Ruth.
Levi-Montalcini, Rita.
Franklin, Rosalind.
Yalow, Rosalyn S. (Rosalyn Sussman), 1921-2011.
Women scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Genre Biographies.
ISBN 0399554181
9780399554186
9781537987729 (FollettBound)
1537987720 (FollettBound)