Title:
Women inventors who changed the world / Sandra Braun.
ISBN:
9781448859962
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Publication Information:
New York : Rosen Central, 2012.
Physical Description:
116 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
General Note:
"First published by Second Story Press, Canada, 2007"--T.p. verso.
Contents:
Madam C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove) -- Lise Meitner -- Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- Elizabeth Muriel MacGill -- Hedy Lamarr -- Gertrude Elion -- Stephanie Kwolek -- Bette Nesmith Graham -- Patricia Bath -- Wendy Murphy -- Laurie Tandrup.
Summary:
Profiles eleven women through history whose inventions changed the face of the world, from Madam C.J. Walker's hair product industry to Stephanie Kwolek's Kevlar and Hedy Lamarr's breakthroughs in wireless communication.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.6 5.0 149391.
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OCLC Number:
ocn746316093
Availability:
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