Yount, Lisa.

Twentieth-century women scientists / [by] Lisa Yount. - New York : Facts on File, 1996. - xvii, 123 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. - Global profiles .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Includes biographies of ten women who have made significant contributions to modern science, including Barbara McClintock, Katsuko Saruhashi, E. Margaret Burbidge, and Lydia Phindile Makhubu.

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Women scientists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women in science--History--Juvenile literature.--20th century
Women scientists--Biography.
Scientists--Biography.
Women in science--History.
Women--Biography.

Q141 / .Y69 1996

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