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Changing the equation : 50+ US Black women in STEM / Tonya Bolden.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 202 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781419707346
  • 1419707345
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Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 509.252 B687 Available 33111009821659
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 509.252 B687 Available 33111009604253
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Changing the Equation is a celebratory and inspiring look at some of the most important Black women in STEM.



Coretta Scott King Honor author Tonya Bolden explores 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 more than 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 full-color and archival images, endnotes, a bibliography, and an index.



"Bolden, a master of the collective biography, presents an impeccably-researched call to action, imploring black girls to fight the racial and gender imbalance that plagues the STEM field." -- School Library Journal (Starred Review)



"Young people are sure to find intriguing role models among the many STEM all-stars in this comprehensive look at the achievements of gifted Black scientists and doctors." -- Booklist

Includes bibliographical references (page 195) and index.

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.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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