
Changing the Equation
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Many Black women 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 fifty women who have shattered the glass ceiling, defied racial discrimination, and pioneered in their fields.
Meet a cybersecurity expert, a video game developer, a roboticist, an oncologist, and others. 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.
"A master of the collective biography... impeccably researched."¿ School Library Journal (starred review)
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Alpha
- Part 1. In the Vanguard
- Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler: General Practitioner
- Rebecca J. Cole: General Practitioner
- Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson: General Practitioner & Institution Builder
- Eliza Anna Grier: Obstetrician-Gynecologist
- Mary Eliza Mahoney: Nurse
- Sarah E. Goode: Inventor
- Josephine Silone Yates: Science Educator
- Ida Gray Nelson Rollins: Doctor of Dental Surgery
- Alice Augusta Ball: Pharmaceutical Chemist
- Anna Louise James: Pharmacist
- Part 2. Riding the Wave
- Willa Beatrice Brown: Aviator
- Ruth Ella Moore: Bacteriologist
- Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes: Mathematician
- Alfreda Johnson Webb: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
- Jane Hinton: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
- Georgia Louise Harris Brown: Architect
- Angie Lena Turner King: Mathematician & Chemist
- Myra Adele Logan: Medical Doctor, Surgeon & Researcher
- Flemmie Kittrell: Home Economist
- Carolyn Beatrice Parker: Physicist
- Marie Maynard Daly: Biochemist
- Jane Cooke Wright: Oncologist
- Annie Easley: Mathematician & Computer Scientist
- Yvonne Young Clark: Mechanical Engineer
- Angella Dorothea Ferguson: Pediatrician & Sickle Cell Anemia Researcher
- Jessie Isabelle Price: Veterinary Microbiologist
- Bessie Blount: Nurse, Physical Therapist, Inventor & Forensic Scientist
- Part 3. Onward
- Georgia Mae Dunston: Geneticist
- Joan Murrell Owens: Marine Biologist
- June Bacon-Bercey: Meteorologist
- Patricia Suzanne Cowings: Psychophysiologist & Inventor
- Mamie Parker: Biologist & Environmentalist
- Shirley Ann Jackson: Physicist
- Patricia E. Bath: Ophthalmologist, Laser Scientist & Inventor
- Donna Auguste: Electrical Engineer, Computer Scientist, Data Scientist & Entrepreneur
- Pamela McCauley: Industrial Engineer
- Treena Livingston Arinzeh: Biomedical Engineer
- Ayanna Howard: Roboticist
- Paula T. Hammond: Chemical Engineer
- Ashanti Johnson: Geochemist & Chemical Oceanographer
- Yasmin Hurd: Neurobiologist
- Phyllis A. Dennery: Neonatologist
- Lisa D. White: Geologist & Micropaleontologist
- Emma Garrison-Alexander: Cybersecurity Professional
- Kimberly Bryant: Electrical Engineer & Founder of Black Girls Code
- Aprille Joy Ericsson: Aerospace Engineer
- Lisette Titre-Montgomery: Video Game Developer
- Latanya Sweeney: Computer Scientist & Data Scientist
- Patrice Banks: Mechanic
- Aomawa Shields: Astronomer & Astrobiologist
- Omega
- Notes
- Selected Sources
- Acknowledgements
- Image Credits
- Index of Searchable Terms
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