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The other Einstein : a novel
by Marie Benedict
Follows the experiences of Mitza Mari, a female physics student at an elite late-nineteenth-century school in Zurich, where she falls in love with a charismatic fellow student who eclipses her contributions to his theory of relativity
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Enchantress of numbers : a novel of Ada Lovelace
by Jennifer Chiaverini
Rigorously educated in mathematics and science by her mother, an only legitimate child of brilliant Romantic poet Lord Byron is introduced into London society as a highly eligible heiress before forging a deep bond with inventor Charles Babbage and using her unique talents to become the world's first computer programmer.
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Code name Hélène : a novel
by Ariel Lawhon
A novel based on the life of spy Nancy Wake follows a woman who kills a Nazi and becomes one of the most decorated women in World War II. By the New York Times best-selling author of I Was Anastasia. Maps.
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New Jersey women in World War II
by Patricia Chappine
Real-life Rosie the Riveters worked the lines in New Jersey's factories, such as those of General Motors' Eastern Aircraft Division, while women on the vulnerable coast enforced blackout orders. Others sold war bonds, planted victory gardens and conserved materials for the war effort. Thousands more served as nurses and in branches of the armed forces like the Women's Army Corps and the U.S. Navy's Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. African American women fought a double war--one against the nation's enemies and another against discrimination. Historian Patricia Chappine explores the pivotal roles that New Jersey women played in World War II.
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River of fire : my spiritual journey
by Helen Prejean
An activist nun known for campaigning to end the death penalty describes her spiritual journey from a person who prayed for God to solve the problems of the world to someone who works to transform social injustices herself.
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Just as I am : a memoir
by Cicely Tyson
The Academy, Tony, and three-time Emmy Award-winning actor and trailblazer tells her stunning story, looking back at her six-decade career and life.
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Fly girls : the daring American women pilots who helped win WWII
by P. O'Connell Pearson
An introduction to the achievements and contributions of heroic women fighter pilots during World War II describes the restrictions that allowed women to work as expert pilots and train the men who flew military planes but were not allowed to fly military planes themselves, recounting how hundreds of women proved their worth by working as civilian pilots.
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Hedy Lamarr's double life
by Laurie Wallmark
An introduction to the secret life of Austrian-born film star Hedy Lamarr describes her lesser-known achievements as a brilliant inventor who developed a groundbreaking communications system during World War II that remains essential to modern-day technological security.
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Queen of physics : how Wu Chien Shiung helped unlock the secrets of the atom
by Teresa Robeson
"When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, girls did not attend school. But her parents named their daughter "Courageous Hero" and encouraged her love of science. This biography follows Wu as she battles sexism at home and racism in the United States of America to become what Newsweek magazine called the "Queen of Physics" for her work on how atoms split"
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