Women Scientists

152 Pages·1991·17.954 MB·English

by  Nancy Veglahn

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Women Scientists
Copyright© 1991 by Nancy J. Veglahn
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Ve_glahn, Nancy J.
Women scientisL~ / Nancy J. Veglahn.
p. cm. - (American profiles)
Includes bibliographical reference~ and index.
Summary: Profiles the lives and achievemems of ten American women
scientists, including Annie Jump Cannon, Margaret Mead, and Rachel
Carson.
lSBN 0-8160-H82-0
I. Women scien1ists--Unued States-Juvenile litcraLUre. 2. Women
in science-United States-History-Juvenile literature.
3. Science-United States-Histol)·-Juvenile lilerature. [I. Women
sciemisL~- 2. Scientists.] I.Title. Il. Series: American
profiles {Facts On File, fnc.)
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Contents
Introduction vu
Alice Eastwood 1
Nettie Maria Stevens 15
Annie Jump Cannon 26
Alice Hamilton 36
Edith Quimby 48
Gerty Cori 57
Margaret Mead 66
Barbara McC1intock 78
Rachel Carson 92
Rosalyn Yalow 106
Mildred Dresselhaus 11 7
Index J 29