Alice H. Parker and the Furnace examines the life of this important woman and her contributions to the modern home heating systems.

Examines the life and disappearance of the pilot who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic in a plane by herself.

Ever since Amelia Earhart and her plane disappeared on July 2, 1937, people have wanted to know more about this remarkable woman.

Inspiring stories of women who changed the course of science

Blending science, and history, this biography series spotlights breakthrough discoveries and the scientists behind them, the effects of the scientists' work in their own life-times and their legacies.

The author relates some of her adventures studying and exploring the world's oceans, including tracking whales, living in an underwater laboratory, and helping to design a deep water submarine.

Ellen Ochoa's has a passion for engineering, space, and science. Readers will find out how Ochoa used this passion to earn a doctorate from Stanford and become the first Hispanic American female in space.

Profiles of:*Isabella Bird Bishop - world explorer*Amelia Earhart - pilot*Mary Kingsley - explorer, anthropologist*Annie Smith Peck - mountain climber*Freya Stark - explorer, travel writer*Valentina Tereshkova - astronaut*plus numerous brief profiles

Grace Hopper was a pioneer in the world of computers. She revolutionized computers, making them easier for people to use and to understand.

Jones's invention of vacuum canning made food packaging safer and easier than ever before.

Costons signal flare was an important tool for the Union army during the Civil War.

Jane Goodall has spent more than 30 years studying chimpanzees in Africa and is the world's leading authority on this primate species.

In 1966 Dian Fossey left the United States and set up a gorilla observation camp in the Virunga mountains of Africa.

Marine biologist Rachel Carson studied the use of chemical pesticides and their impact on ocean life.

Dive to the ocean floor in a research submersible with world-renowned marine biologist Sylvia Earle.

What is DNA? Why isn't Rosalind Franklin more famous? The 'Rosalind Franklin' book includes examples of the biography and recount text types.

Profiles of:*Jocelyn Bell Burnell - astronomer*Rachel Carson - marine biologist, science writer*Dian Fossey - primatologist*Mary Leakey - archaeologist, paleontologist*Margaret Mead - anthropologist*Chien-shiung Wu - nuclear physicist*plus numerous brief profiles

A biography of the woman who became the first licensed Afro-American pilot.

Along with these profiles are 15 experiments girls can do at home on their own or with adults including extracting DNA from a strawberry, employing Newton's Third Law of Motion to build and fire an air cannon, and enacting acid-base chemistry to create homemade fizzy bath bombs.

Stephanie Kwolek discovered a new family of synthetic fibers, one of which was the incredibly strong Kevlar® compound.

Rachel Carson is one of the most important figures of the twentieth-century environmental movement.

The collection includes diverse women across various scientific fields, time periods, and geographic location.

Discover 25 women who were trailblazers in science, technology, architecture, engineering, and more.

This book is an excellent survey of African American women scientists and inventors from early America to recent years.

From an early age, Bessie Coleman dreamed of flying, but racial bigotry and gender bias threatened to keep her grounded. Denied entrance to flight training school in the United States, Coleman went to Europe.

THis book includes Earhart's childhood, the early days of flight, Earhart's flight training, details of her round-the-world journey attempt with navigator Fred Noonan, the search for Earhart and Noonan, and theories behind the disappearance. Features include a Tools and Clues section that highlights research tools, technology, and investigative methods, a timeline, a glossary, selected bibliography, further readings, places to visit, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

This bookn tells the life story of Emmy Noether, the most important female mathematician of our time.

Dr. Mae Jemison--chemical engineer, scientist, teacher, and the first African-American woman to go into space--shares the story of her life.

Women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. Their creations are some of the most enduring (the windshield wiper) and best loved (the chocolate chip cookie).

A biography of the young Omaha Indian woman who overcame sexual and cultural prejudices to become a physician.

Incredible Women Inventors examines both the challenges and successes in the lives of ten inspiring international women inventors.

A biography of the Austrian scientist whose discoveries in nuclear physics played a major part in developing atomic energy.

A biography of Dr. Mae Jemison who, in September of 1992, on the fiftieth mission of the United States Space Shuttle, became the first African American woman in space.

Marie Curie was a scientist who truly sacrificed herself for her work.

In the early twentieth century, scientists took sides. One held that the entire universe was contained in the Milky Way galaxy.

Noted scientist and conservationist Goodall provides listeners with stories about her life and her experiences studying chimpanzees in Africa.

Sally Ride soared into outer space on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, the youngest astronaut and the first U.S. woman in space.

The big names are here - Marie Curie, Florence Nightingale, Rosalind Franklin - alongside stories of brilliant women who have been forgotten.

Virginia Apgar. Sally Ride. Rachel Carson. These names are etched in history and included here as part of this collection of profiles of some of the world's most influential women in science.

This book contains inspiring biographies, of women, inspirational figures the author hopes will motivate girls to explore the science and engineering fields.