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Changing the equation : 50+ US Black women in STEM

Title
  1. Changing the equation : 50+ US Black women in STEM / Tonya Bolden.
Published by
  1. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020.
  2. ©2020
Author
  1. Bolden, Tonya

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Description
  1. 202 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 22 cm
Summary
  1. "Award-winning author Tonya Bolden explores the black women who have changed the world of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in America. Including groundbreaking computer scientists, doctors, inventors, physicists, pharmacists, mathematicians, aviators, and many more, this book celebrates over 50 women who have shattered the glass ceiling, defied racial discrimination, and pioneered in their fields. In these profiles, young readers will find role models, inspirations, and maybe even reasons to be the STEM leaders of tomorrow. These stories help young readers to dream big and stay curious. The book includes endnotes, a bibliography, and an index"--
Alternative title
  1. 50-plus US Black women in STEM
  2. 50+ U.S. Black women in STEM
Subject
  1. African American women scientists > Biography > Juvenile literature
  2. Women in science > Biography > Juvenile literature
  3. Minorities in science > Biography > Juvenile literature
  4. African American women scientists
  5. Minorities in science
  6. Women in science
Genre/Form
  1. Biographies.
  2. Juvenile works.
Contents
  1. Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler -- Rebecca J. Cole -- Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson -- Eliza Anna Grier -- Mary Eliza Mahoney -- Sarah E. Goode -- Josephine Silone Yates -- Ida Gray Nelson Rollins -- Alice Augusta Ball -- Anna Louise James -- Willa Beatrice Brown -- Ruth Ella Moore -- Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes -- Alfreda Johnson Webb -- Jane Hinton -- Georgia Louise Harris Brown -- Angie Lena Turner King -- Myra Adele Logan -- Flemmie Kittrell -- Carolyn Beatrice Parker -- Marie Maynard Daly -- Jane Cooke Wright -- Annie Easley -- Yvonne Young Clark -- Angella Dorothea Ferguson -- Jessie Isabelle Price -- Bessie Blount -- Georgia Mae Dunston -- Joan Murrell Owens -- June Bacon-Bercey -- Patricia Suzanne Cowings -- Mamie Parker -- Shirley Ann Jackson -- Patricia E. Bath -- Donna Auguste -- Pamela McCauley -- Treena Livingston Arinzeh -- Ayanna Howard -- Paula T. Hammond -- Ashanti Johnson -- Yasmin Hurd -- Phyllis A. Dennery -- Lisa D. White -- Emma Garrison-Alexander -- Kimberly Bryant -- Aprille Joy Ericsson -- Lisette Titre-Montgomery -- Latanya Sweeney -- Patrice Banks -- Aomawa Shields.
Call number
  1. Sc D 21-542
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (page 195) and index.
Awards (note)
  1. A Junior Library Guild selection.
Author
  1. Bolden, Tonya, author.
Title
  1. Changing the equation : 50+ US Black women in STEM / Tonya Bolden.
Publisher
  1. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020.
Copyright date
  1. ©2020
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (page 195) and index.
Awards
  1. A Junior Library Guild selection.
Local note
  1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Local subject
  1. Black author.
LCCN
  1. 2019025625
ISBN
  1. 1419707345 hardcover
  2. 9781419707346 hardcover
Research call number
  1. Sc D 21-542
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