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African-American inventors

Brief biographical profiles of five African-American inventors: Patricia Bath, Philip Emeagwali, Henry Sampson, Valerie Thomas, and Peter Tolliver.
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Women in earth science careers

1999
Describes the careers of five women working in the earth sciences: Sheryl Luzzader Beach, Sandra Corso, Jami Girard, Kelley Anne Gittis and Patricia Rogers.

African-American scientists

1996
Brief biographies of five African-American scientists of this century.

Women explorers of the mountains

Nina Mazuchelli, Fanny Bullock Workman, Mary Vaux Walcott, Gertrude Benham, Junko Tabei
2000
Discusses the lives and accomplishments of five women who traveled and explored the mountainous regions of the world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Women explorers of the world

Isabella Bird Bishop, Florence Dixie, Nellie Bly, Gertrude Bell, Margaret Bourke-White
2000
Presents brief biographies of five women who risked their lives to travel around the world for adventure and to achieve career goals.

Women explorers of the oceans

Ann Davidson, Eugenie Clark, Sylvia Earle, Naomi James, Tania Aebi
2000
Discusses the lives and accomplishments of five twentieth-century women who traveled and explored the oceans of the world, some of whom also studied marine life.

Women in chemistry careers

2000
Describes the careers of five women working in the field of chemistry: Ann Crespi, Folly Fiedler, Linda Griffith, Lynda Jordan, and Malathy Nair.

Women in agricultural science careers

2000
Describes the careers of five women working in the agricultural sciences: Beverly Durgan, Victoria Hamer, Elisabeth Holland, Anne Kapuscinski, and Rosamond Naylor.

Women explorers of the air

Harriet Quimby, Bessie Coleman, Amelia Earhart, Beryl Markham, Jacqueline Cochran
2000
Summarizes the lives and accomplishments of five women who were early pioneers in aviation.

African-American inventors

1998
Brief biographical profiles of five African-American inventors: Bill Becoat, George Carruthers, Meredith Gourdine, Jesse Hoagland, and Wanda Sigur.

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