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| Genre/Form: | Biography Juvenile literature Biography |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography, Juvenile audience |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Carole Ann Camp |
| ISBN: | 0766019136 9780766019133 0766015386 9780766015388 |
| OCLC Number: | 48398924 |
| Description: | 104 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | First American women inventors -- Hair products manufacturer (Madam C. J. Walker) -- Industrial management engineer (Lillian Gilbreth) -- Multitalented inventor (Beulah Henry) -- Microbiologist and chemist (Elizabeth Lee Hazen; Rachel Fuller Brown) -- Research physicist and chemist (Katherine Burr Blodgett) -- Cancer fighter (Gertrude Belle Elion) -- Polymer chemist (Stephanie Louise Kwolek) -- Research chemist (Edith Flanigen) -- Astronaut (Ellen Ochoa) -- Chapter notes. |
| Series Title: | Collective biographies. |
| Responsibility: | Carole Ann Camp. |
Abstract:
Ten biographies of American women inventors, including Madam C.J. Walker, Lillian Gilbreth, Beulah Henry, Elizabeth Lee Hazen, Rachel Fuller Brown, Katherine Blodgett, Gertrude B. Elion, Stephanie Louise Kwolek, Edith Flanigen, and Ellen Ochoa.
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