CBC - NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Students K-12 2017Meet 21 determined women who have dedicated their lives to healing others. These courageous women from the 1800s to the present focused on finding cures, tending the sick and wounded, and healing with science and compassion. Readers meet groundbreakers such as Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States; Mary Carson Breckinridge, the “nurse on horseback” who delivered babies in the Appalachian Mountains; and heart surgeon Kathy Magliato, one of the few women trained in heart transplant surgeries. Packed with photos, informative sidebars, and including source notes and a bibliography, this collection is an invaluable addition to any reader’s bookshelf.
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Bold Women of Medicine: 21 Stories of Astounding Discoveries, Daring Surgeries, and Healing Breakthroughs
CBC - NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Students K-12 2017Meet 21 determined women who have dedicated their lives to healing others. These courageous women from the 1800s to the present focused on finding cures, tending the sick and wounded, and healing with science and compassion. Readers meet groundbreakers such as Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States; Mary Carson Breckinridge, the “nurse on horseback” who delivered babies in the Appalachian Mountains; and heart surgeon Kathy Magliato, one of the few women trained in heart transplant surgeries. Packed with photos, informative sidebars, and including source notes and a bibliography, this collection is an invaluable addition to any reader’s bookshelf.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781641605700 |
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Publisher: | Chicago Review Press, Incorporated |
Publication date: | 11/02/2021 |
Series: | Women of Action Series , #20 |
Pages: | 240 |
Sales rank: | 639,791 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d) |
Lexile: | 1060L (what's this?) |
Age Range: | 12 - 18 Years |
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