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• Discoverers of the Universe

  William and Caroline Herschel

  Hoskin, Michael A.

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  Caroline Herschel was the first to discover a particular nebula in 1783 and developed her own catalog of stars and nebulae, organized by north polar distance.

• Inventing Joy

  Dare to Build a Brave & Creative Life

  Mangano, Joy,

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  Joy Mangano invented the self-wringing Miracle Mop and was the inspiration behind "Joy", the 2015 movie starring Jennifer Lawrence.

• Ada Lovelace

  the Making of a Computer Scientist

  Hollings, Christopher, 1982-

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  Ada Lovelace wrote the instructions for the first computer program in the mid-1800s.

• Marie Curie

  a Biography

  Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey

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  Marie Curie discovered the elements polonium and radium, and she was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (and the first person of any gender to win it twice!).

• Marie Curie and Her Daughters

  the Private Lives of Science's First Family

  Emling, Shelley

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  Curie's daughter, Irene Joliot-Curie, discovered artificial radioactivity alongside her husband, and together they won a Nobel Prize as well.

• Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age

  Beyer, Kurt

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  Grace Hopper served in the US Navy Reserve and helped develop the COBOL programming language. She was on the team that developed the MARK I, the first electromechanical computer in the United States.

• Hedy Lamarr

  the Most Beautiful Woman in Film

  Barton, Ruth

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  During World War II, Hedy Lamarr developed a radio guidance system for torpedoes, alongside composer George Antheil. They also patented a frequency-hopping communication system that was the precursor to GPS, Wi-fi, and Bluetooth.

• Rosalind Franklin

  the Dark Lady of DNA

  Maddox, Brenda

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  Rosalind Franklin worked on cutting-edge DNA research, pioneering methods of making clearer X-ray patterns of DNA molecules and identifying the structures of viruses.

• Rocket Girl

  the Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist

  Morgan, George D.

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  Mary Sherman Morgan invented Hydyne, a liquid rocket fuel, in 1957.

• Women in White Coats

  How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine

  Campbell, Olivia M.,

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  Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became the first female member of the British Medical Association in 1873 and established the first school of medicine for women.

• Animals in Translation

  Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior

  Grandin, Temple

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  Temple Grandin has developed several inventions and techniques to reduce harm when animals are slaughtered.