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Breaking the mold : changing the face of climate science / by Levy, Dana Alison,author.(CARDINAL)614795;
Includes bibliographical references (page 206-214) and index."Sixteen profiles of scientists who are changing the face of science and the future of Earth through their research"--Ages 8-12Grades 4-6
Subjects: Biographies.; Climatic changes; Environmentalists; Minorities in science; Minority scientists;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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A Thin Bright Line / by Bledsoe, Lucy Jane,author.(CARDINAL)313179;
"At the height of the Cold War, Lucybelle Bledsoe is offered a job seemingly too good to pass up. However, there are risks. Her scientific knowledge and editorial skills are unparalleled, but her personal life might not withstand government scrutiny. Leaving behind the wreckage of a relationship, Lucybelle finds solace in working for the visionary scientist who is extracting the first-ever polar ice cores. The lucidity of ice is calming and beautiful. But the joyful pangs of a new love clash with the impossible compromises of queer life. If exposed, she could lose everything she holds dear. Based on the hidden life of the author?s aunt and namesake, A Thin Bright Line is a love story set amid Cold War intrigue, the origins of climate research, and the nascent civil rights movement. Poignant, brilliant, and moving, it reminds us to act on what we love, not just wish for it"--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bledsoe, Lucybelle, 1923-1966; Cold War; Climatology; Scientists; Sexual minorities; Lesbians; LGBTQ+ people.; Sexual minorities.; Lesbians.; Lesbian fiction.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Forest euphoria : the abounding queerness of nature / by Kaishian, Patricia Ononiwu,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Growing up, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian felt most at home in the swamps and culverts near her house in the Hudson Valley. A child who frequently felt out of place, too much of one thing or not enough of another, she found acceptance in these settings, among other amphibious beings. In snakes, snails, and, above all, fungi, she saw her own developing identities as a queer, neurodivergent person reflected back at her--and in them, too, she found a personal path to a life of science. In Forest Euphoria, Kaishian shows us this making of a scientist and introduces readers to the queerness of all the life around us. Fungal species, we learn, commonly encompass more than two biological sexes--and some as many as twenty-three thousand. Some intersex slugs mutually fire calcium carbonate "love darts" at each other during courtship. Glass eels are sexually undetermined until their last year of life, a mystery that scientists once dubbed "the eel question." Nature, Kaishian shows us, is filled with the unusual, the overlooked, and the marginalized--and they have lessons for us all. Wide-ranging, richly observant, and full of surprises, Forest Euphoria will open your eyes and change how you look at the world.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Women scientists; Sexual minorities; Neurodivergent people; Sexual behavior in animals.; Homosexuality in animals.; Environmental sex determination.; Nature.; Scientists; Mycologists; Plants, Sex in.; Queer scientists.; Queer neurodivergent people.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 7
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Changing the equation : 50+ US black women in STEM / by Bolden, Tonya,author.(CARDINAL)340185;
Includes bibliographical references (page 195) and index.Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler -- Rebecca J. Cole -- Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson -- Eliza Anna Grier -- Mary Eliza Mahoney -- Sarah E. Goode -- Josephine Silone Yates -- Ida Gray Nelson Rollins -- Alice Augusta Ball -- Anna Louise James -- Willa Beatrice Brown -- Ruth Ella Moore -- Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes -- Alfreda Johnson Webb -- Jane Hinton -- Georgia Louise Harris Brown -- Angie Lena Turner King -- Myra Adele Logan -- Flemmie Kittrell -- Carolyn Beatrice Parker -- Marie Maynard Daly -- Jane Cooke Wright -- Annie Easley -- Yvonne Young Clark -- Angella Dorothea Ferguson -- Jessie Isabelle Price -- Bessie Blount -- Georgia Mae Dunston -- Joan Murrell Owens -- June Bacon-Bercey -- Patricia Suzanne Cowings -- Mamie Parker -- Shirley Ann Jackson -- Patricia E. Bath -- Donna Auguste -- Pamela McCauley -- Treena Livingston Arinzeh -- Ayanna Howard -- Paula T. Hammond -- Ashanti Johnson -- Yasmin Hurd -- Phyllis A. Dennery -- Lisa D. White -- Emma Garrison-Alexander -- Kimberly Bryant -- Aprille Joy Ericsson -- Lisette Titre-Montgomery -- Latanya Sweeney -- Patrice Banks -- Aomawa Shields."Award-winning author Tonya Bolden explores the black women who have changed the world of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in America. Including groundbreaking computer scientists, doctors, inventors, physicists, pharmacists, mathematicians, aviators, and many more, this book celebrates over 50 women who have shattered the glass ceiling, defied racial discrimination, and pioneered in their fields. In these profiles, young readers will find role models, inspirations, and maybe even reasons to be the STEM leaders of tomorrow. These stories help young readers to dream big and stay curious. The book includes endnotes, a bibliography, and an index"--1170L
Subjects: Biographies.; African American women scientists; Women in science; Minorities in science;
Available copies: 25 / Total copies: 25
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The recruit : a novel / by Drew, Alan,1970-author.;
"Santa Elena in 1987 is a sleepy, sedate town-that is, until unusual crimes start to occur. The body of a dog is left outside a Vietnamese grocery store. An encampment of Mexican strawberry pickers is brutally attacked with mysterious weapons. A wealthy real estate developer is found dead inside the pool of his beach-side house. When rat poison and other clues are found across these crime scenes, Detective Ben Wade and forensic expert Natasha Betencourt begin to wonder: Are these crimes connected? As Ben and Natasha uncover a string of heightening racist incidents, they begin to suspect a gang of young people is part of the town's vicious underbelly, and part of a much larger nationwide racist conspiracy. This gripping new novel captures the lethal cost of deep-seated ignorance, racism, and hateful violence."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; White supremacy movements; Minorities; Murder; Forensic scientists; Terrorism; Racism; Racism.;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 16
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We go high / by Ellis, Nicole,author.;
Includes index."We Go High brings together the inspiring stories, motivational quotes, and personal philosophies of 30 influential women of color who have sought to overcome challenges in their lives. From activists to scientists, artists to sporting icons, each woman's story is different-but all have in common a deep-seated resilience to fight against the prejudices and barriers to success that women of color face on a daily basis. The book features political powerhouses such as Kamala Harris and Stacey Abrams, as well as businesswomen like Arundhati Bhattacharya and Angelica Ross, and writers Michaela Coel and Amanda Gorman. With 30 stunning, specially commissioned portraits, We Go High not only celebrates these remarkable women's achievements, but uncovers the personal beliefs, attitudes, and determination that drive them."--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Biographies.; Quotations.; Inspiration; Leadership in minority women.; Minority women activists.; Minority women in the professions.; Minority women; Minority women;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Careers in science by Easton, Thomas A.(CARDINAL)504483;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210).
Subjects: Engineering; Science;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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25 women who dared to compete / by Stanborough, Rebecca,author.(CARDINAL)622087;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Discover 25 women who challenged the stereotypes of what it means to play like a girl. These women worked to even the playing field and steppped up to score points for women all around the world"--Grades 7-9Ages 11-14990L
Subjects: Biographies.; Fiction.; Guidebooks.; 1976 Yale Women's Rowing crew.; Edwards, Tracy.; Ellis, Jill.; Jennings, Walsh Kerri.; Krone, Julia.; Nichols, Alana.; Treanoe-May, Misty.; United States Women's National Soccer Team.; White, Georgie.; Zaharias, Didrikson Mildred "Babe"; Biles, Simone, 1997-; Brown, Georgia Thompson, 1893-1978.; Ederle, Gertrude, 1906-2003.; Fukuda, Keiko.; Guthrie, Janet, 1938-; Heinerth, Jill.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969; Muhammad, Ibtihaj, 1985-; Palmer, Violet, 1964-; Rapinoe, Megan, 1985-; Richards, Renée.; Shriver, Eunice Kennedy.; Taurasi, Diana.; Thomas, Sarah (Sarah A.); Tyus, Wyomia.; Visser, Lesley, 1953-; Williams, Serena, 1981-; Williams, Serena, 1981-; Williams, Venus, 1980-; Williams, Venus, 1980-; Kennedy family.; All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.); NASCAR (Association); National Football League; Nike (Firm); Special Olympics, Inc.; U.S. Women's National Soccer Team.; Yale University; Olympic Games 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Wimbledon Championships.; African-American biographies.; Adoptees; African American athletes.; African American baseball players; African American baseball players; African American children.; African American families; African American girls; African American interest.; African American political activists.; African American political activists; African American track and field athletes; African American women political activists; African American women tennis players; African American women; African American women; African American women; African American women; African Americans.; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; Air pilots; Air pilots; Air shows; Aircraft accidents; Airplanes; Airplanes; Airplanes; Argentine Americans; Athletes; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing; Automobile racing; Automobile rallies; Baseball fields; Baseball players; Baseball players; Baseball; Baseball; Baseball; Baseball; Baseball; Cave diving; Classism.; Deep-sea ecology.; Discrimination.; Earth sciences; Equal pay for equal work.; Erosion.; Feminism.; Feminism; Feminism; Feminism; Feminism; Feminists; Feminists; Fencing.; Foster children.; Foster home care.; gay & lesbian interest.; Girls; Glaciers.; Global warming.; Global warming; Global warming; Golf; Golfers; Golfers; Gymnasts; Gymnasts; Hispanic American women.; Hispanic Americans; Homosexuality.; Horse racing; Horsemen and horsewomen.; Hot air balloons; Immigrants.; Immigrants; Immigrants; Immigrants; Islam; Jockeys.; Journalists; Judo; Lesbianism.; Lesbians.; Lesbians; Martial artists.; Martial arts; Multiculturalism.; Muslim families.; Muslim women.; Muslim women; Muslim women; Muslims; Ocean bottom; Ocean; Oceanography; Oceanography; Olympic athletes.; Olympic athletes; Olympics; Olympics; People with disabilities; People with disabilities; People with disabilities; Philanthropists; Photographers; Political activists.; Political activists; Political activists; Political activists; Prejudices.; Presidents; Race discrimination; Race relations.; Racism in sports.; Racism.; Rafting (Sports); Rowing; Sailing ships; Scientists; Scientists; Scuba divers; Scuba diving.; Segregation.; Sexism.; Sexual minorities.; Sisters; Skateboarding; Skiers; Skis and skiing; Skydiving; Snowboarding; Soccer coaches; Soccer players; Social justice.; Sports; Surfing.; Swimmers; Swimming; Tennis players.; Tennis players; Tennis; Tennis; Tennis; Track and field athletes; Transgender people; Transgender people; Transgender people; Transsexualism.; Transsexuals; Twins.; Volleyball players.; Volleyball.; Wheelchairs; Women air pilots; Women athletes; Women baseball players.; Women gymnasts.; Women gymnasts; Women journalists; Women Olympic athletes.; Women philanthropists; Women physicians; Women physicians; Women scientists; Women scientists; Women scientists; Women soccer players; Women surfers.; Women surgeons.; Women tennis players; Women tennis players; Women with disabilities.; Women's rights; Women; Women; Women; Women; Women; Biography.; Feminism.; Feminists.; Girls.; Homosexuality.; Lesbianism.; Lesbians.; LGBTQ+ people.; Racism.; Sexism.; Sexual minorities.; Transgender identity.; Transgender people.; Transsexual people.; Transsexualism.; Women.; Women's movement.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Revolutionary women : 50 women of color who reinvented the rules / by Shen, Ann,author.(CARDINAL)412930;
Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- In pursuit of art. Dorothy Toy ; Eartha Kitt ; Gloria Estefan ; Misty Copeland ; Nancy Kwan ; Tracey Norman ; Yayoi Kusama -- In pursuit of equity. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ; Grace Lee Boggs ; Kamala Harris ; Patsy Mink ; Shirley Chisolm ; Sonia Sotomayor ; Stacey Abrams -- In pursuit of excellence. Ann Lowe ; Joyce Chen ; Maria Tallchief ; Naomi Osaka ; Portia White ; Rita Moreno ; Victoria Draves -- In pursuit of exploration. Annie Easley ; Bessie Coleman ; Bessie Stringfield ; Hazel Ying Lee ; Kalpana Chawla ; Mae Jemison ; Mary Golda Ross -- In pursuit of expression. Anna Siu ; Carmen Rupe ; Celia Cruz ; Isabel Allende ; Sandra Oh ; Sylvia Rivera -- In pursuit of identity. Annie Dodge Wauneka ; Dolores Huerta ; Georgia Gilmore ; Jovita Idár ; Kathleen "Kay" Livingstone ; Madonna Thunder Hawk ; Whina Cooper ; Wilma Mankiller ; Zitkála-Sá -- In pursuit of knowledge. Anandibai Joshee ; Charlotta Bass ; Chien-Shiung Wu ; Ida B. Wells ; Marie Van Brittan Brown ; Pura Belpré ; Susan La Flesche Picotte."Revolutionary Women is a celebration of women of color, centering women who have historically been sidelined. For fans of Ann Shen's beloved Bad Girls Throughout History, this spiritual successor celebrates the accomplishments of these incredible women alongside Ann's signature artwork. From dancers, actors, and singers to scientists, astronauts, politicians, and activists, these women used their voices and their passions to change the world"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Minority women; Minority women; Women social reformers;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 9
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Real talk about LGBTQIAP : lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and pansexual / by Coyt, Tara Y.,author.(CARDINAL)799125;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-401)."Real Talk About LGBTQIAP: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Pansexual is a sincere conversation about the who, what, when, how, and why of human sexuality, gender identity, and biological sex. Author Tara Y. Coyt explores these questions by sharing a variety of LGBTQIAP perspectives, reviewing history, and distilling expert findings from biblical scholars, health professionals, scientists, and researchers."
Subjects: Sexual minorities.; Gender identity.; Sexual orientation.; LGBTQ+ people.; Sexual minorities.; Gender identity.; Sexual orientation.; Sexual preference.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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