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Super Women: Six Scientists Who Changed the World

by Laurie Lawlor

Hardcover, 2017

Library's review

Readers will be inspired by these six female scientists who had to overcome gender and, in some cases, racial discrimination in fields such as astronomy, archaeology, and oceanography before rising to the top. Includes Glossary, Sources, Index

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--Science-Technology-Society, NCSS Standards Theme--People-Places-Environments, Women's History, Reading Level-Intermediate (3-5)

Genres

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Holiday House (2017), 64 pages

Description

Profiles six women scientists who persevered in the face of prejudice, including ichthyologist Eugenie Clark and mathematician Katherine Coleman Johnson.

Awards

Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Book (Junior — 2018)

NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2018)

El día de los niños / El día de los libros (3-5 — 2019)

NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K–12 (2018)

Language

Original language

English

ISBN

0823436756 / 9780823436750

DDC/MDS

509.2

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