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Author
Pub. Date
c1971
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"She proved that women could be doctors too. "I'm going to be a doctor." young Elizabeth Blackwell tell her family. She knows it won't be easy. In 1840, there were no women doctors in America. But Elizabeth was raised to think for herself. The medical schools she applies to won't accept her. Doctors angrily tell her to give up. Finally, when shi is accepted at the Geneva Medical College in upstate New York, Elizabeth finds out it was the result...
Author
Series
Chinese Cinderella volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Description
The author tells the story of her painful childhood in China where she lived until the age of fourteen with her father, stepmother, and siblings, all of whom considered her bad luck because her mother died shortly after giving birth to her.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A brief biography of the first African-American woman astronaut, Mae C. Jemison. Readers will discover that she is also a doctor, dancer, businesswoman, and educator. Learn about how Mae went from a child with big dreams to a woman who inspires many.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
"Susan Anderson: Colorado's Doc Susie tells the interesting true story of a strong woman doctor in the Colorado Rockies. Lydia Griffin has written a great tribute to the cherished physician of Fraser, Colorado, which will engage all students of Colorado history"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Covering Nobel Prize winners and major innovators, as well as lesser-known but hugely significant scientists who influence our every day, Rachel Swaby's ... profiles span centuries of courageous thinkers and illustrate how each one's ideas developed, from their first moment of scientific engagement through the research and discovery for which they're best known"--Page 4 of cover.