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• Virginia Apgar

  DasGupta, Sayantani,

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  Virginia Apgar created the Agpar Test, a health assessment for newborn babies.

• Patricia's Vision

  the Doctor Who Saved Sight

  Lord, Michelle,

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  Patricia Bath invented the Laserphaco Probe, a laser eye surgery device.

• Maria Beasley and Life Rafts

  Labrecque, Ellen

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  Maria Beasley invented lots of devices and mechanical processes, including improved life rafts.

• Marie Curie

  a Quest for Light

  Østerfelt, Frances Andreasen,

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  Marie Curie developed the Theory of Radioactivity.

• Grace Hopper

  Queen of Computer Code

  Wallmark, Laurie,

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  Grace Hopper made many inventions and innovations in computer programming.

• Marvelous Mattie

  How Margaret E. Knight Became An Inventor

  McCully, Emily Arnold

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  Margaret E. Knight created multiple inventions, most notably a machine to make the first flat-bottomed paper bags.

• Stephanie Kwolek And Bulletproof Material

  Labrecque, Ellen

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  Stephanie Kwolek invented Kevlar, or bulletproof material.

• Hedy Lamarr and a Secret Communication System

  Robbins, Trina

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  Hedy Lamarr invented a secret communication system used for military operations.

• Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science

  the First Computer Programmer

  Stanley, Diane,

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  Ada Lovelace published the first computer algorithm.

• Shirley Ann Jackson

  Loh-Hagan, Virginia

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  Shirley Ann Jackson made advances in telecommunications that led to caller ID, call waiting, and other technologies.

• Secrets of the Sea

  The Story of Jeanne Power, Revolutionary Marine Scientist

  Griffith, Evan

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  Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented the aquarium to study marine life.

• Madam C. J. Walker and New Cosmetics

  Krohn, Katherine

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  Madame C.J. Walker created the first hair care products made specifically for Black women.

• Girls Think of Everything

  Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women

  Thimmesh, Catherine

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  Learn about even more women and their inventions!

• Wonder Women

  25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History

  Maggs, Sam,

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  Learn about even more female inventors and innovators!