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Women inventors and their discoveries / Ethlie Ann Vare and Greg Ptacek ; foreword by Ruth Handler.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ProfilesPublication details: Minneapolis : Oliver Press, c1993.Description: 160 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1881508064 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 609.2/273 B 20
LOC classification:
  • T39 .V37 1993
Summary: Surveys the lives and work of such innovative women as Grace Hopper, Fannie Farmer, C. J. Walker, and Stephanie Kwolek.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 609 V292 Available 33111004015935
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Includes Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney (indigo plant dye), Martha Coston (signal flares), Fannie Farmer (standardized recipes), Madam C. J. Walker (hair-care products), S. Josephine Baker (child hygiene), Barbara McClintock (genetics), Bette Nesmith Graham (Liquid Paper), Grace Hopper (computer-programming language), Ruth Handler (the Barbie doll), and Stephanie Kwolek (Kevlar).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Surveys the lives and work of such innovative women as Grace Hopper, Fannie Farmer, C. J. Walker, and Stephanie Kwolek.

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