Williamsburg Regional Library

Extraordinary women scientists, by Darlene Stille

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-200) and index

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Extraordinary women scientists

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by Darlene Stille

Over 50 women scientists from the past two centuries are profiled in this extensive survey. Each brief biography is accompanied by a portrait and contains personal and historical information, an account of challenges faced, and a summary of the woman's scientific work

Women scientists from ancient times to the age of reason -- Maty Anning -- Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey -- Florence Bascom -- Jocelyn Bell Burnell -- Ruth Fulton Benedict -- Annie Jump Cannon -- Emma Perry Carr -- Rachel Louise Carson -- Jewel Plummer Cobb -- Gerty Radnitz Cori -- Marie Skodowska Curie -- Ella Cara Deloria -- Alice Eastwood -- Tilly Ediger -- Gertrude Belle Elion -- Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming -- Dian Fossey -- Rosiland Elsie Frankin -- Jane Goodall -- Harriet Ann Boyd Hawes -- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin -- Helen (Battles) Sawyer Hogg -- Grace Murray HopperIda Henrietta Hyde -- Mae C. Jemison -- A legacy of women doctors -- Irene Joliot-Curie -- Mary Nicol Leaky -- Henrietta Swan Leavitt -- Rita Levi-Montalcini -- Antonia C. Maury -- Maria Goeppert Mayer -- Barbara McClintock -- Margaret Mead -- Lise Meitner -- Maria Mitchell -- Women mathematicians -- Ellen Ochoa -- Ruth Patrick -- Mary Engle Pennington -- Judith Graham Pool -- Judith A. Resnick -- Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards -- Sally Kristen Ride -- Vera Cooper Rubin -- Florence Rena Sabin -- Nettie Maria -- Stevens -- Valentina V. Tereshkova -- Mary Watson WhitneyChien-Shiung Wu -- Rosalyn Yalow -- Women inventors and engineers

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