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Comet chaser : the true Cinderella story of Caroline Herschel, the first professional woman astronomer

By Turner, Pamela S. Mildenberger, Vivien
2024., Primary, Chronicle Books Call No: 520.92 HER TUR Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)

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Ada Lovelace and the start of computers

By Bayarri, Jordi, 1972- Martinez, Sofia Huitron
2023., Intermediate, Graphic Universe Call No: 510.92 LOV BAY Availability:8 of 8 At Location(s) Series Title: Graphic science biographies

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The bodyguard unit : Edith Garrud, women's suffrage, and jujitsu

By Xavier, Clément, 1981- Lugrin, Lisa, 1983- Ralenti, Albertine
2023., Intermediate, Graphic Universe Call No: 324.6 XAV Edition: First American edition. Availability:7 of 7 At Location(s)

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Emmeline Pankhurst

By Infobase Makematic (Firm)
[2023], Senior, Makematic Click here to watch video Metadata Source: Learn360 Series Title: DK Timelines

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Florence Nightingale

-- She persisted.

By Johannes, Shelli R. Flint, Gillian Clinton, Chelsea Boiger, Alexandra
[2023], Philomel Books Call No: 610.73 NIG JOH Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Series Title: She persisted

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Lilian Bland : an amazing aviatrix

By Healey, Haley Fraser, Kimiko
2023., Primary, Heritage House Publishing Call No: 629.13 BLA HEA Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s) Series Title: Trailblazing Canadians

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Nancy Wake : fearless spy of World War II

By Gunderson, Jessica Larsson, Alice
2023, Junior, Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint Call No: 940.53 WAK GUN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Women warriors of World War II

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Olive Morris

By Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel) Durand, Aurélia
2023., Primary, Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group Call No: 323 MOR SAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Little people, big dreams

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Code name Badass : the true story of Virginia Hall

-- True story of Virginia Hall

By Demetrios, Heather
2022., Intermediate, Atheneum Call No: 940.54 GOI DEM Edition: First Atheneum paperback edition. Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s)

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Fossil hunter : how Mary Anning changed the science of prehistoric life

By Blackford, Cheryl
2022., Junior, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: 560.92 ANN BLA Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s)

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Rise up with a song : the true story of Ethel Smyth, suffragette composer

By Worthey, Diane Pérez García, Helena
2022, Primary, Bushel & Peck Books Call No: 780 SMY WOR Availability:1 of 1 At Professional Library Series Title: New Books December 2022

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Unsinkable Lucile : how a farm girl became the queen of fashion and survived the Titanic

By Brewster, Hugh McGaw, Laurie
2022., Junior, Firefly Books Call No: 746.92 DUF BRE Availability:10 of 10 At Location(s)

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Finding my voice

By Hussain, Nadiya
2021., Intermediate, Headline Home Call No: 641.5 HUS Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)

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Lisa of Willesden Lane : a true story of music and survival during World War II

By Golabek, Mona Cohen, Lee Robbins, Sarah J. Ivanov, O., (Olga) Ivanov, A., (Aleksey)
2021., Junior, Little, Brown and Company Call No: 786.2 JUR GOL Availability:7 of 8 At Location(s)

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Ada Lovelace

By Jeapes, Ben Ward, Nick, 1955-
2020., Junior, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: 510.92 LOV JEA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: First names

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Ada Lovelace

By Pierce, Nick Lundie, Isobel
2020., Primary, Franklin Watts Call No: 510.92 LOV PIE Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s) Series Title: Women in science.

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Fattily ever after

By Yeboah, Stephanie
2020., Hardie Grant Books Call No: 306.4613 YEB Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)

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Ada and the number-crunching machine

By Tucker, Zoë Katstaller, Rachel
[2019], Primary, NorthSouth Books, Inc. Call No: ST LLR 23004 Availability:4 of 4 At Teaching Resources

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Ada : my first Ada Lovelace

-- My first Ada Lovelace

By Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel) Yamamoto, Zafouko
2019., Primary, Frances Lincoln Children's Books Call No: E SAN Edition: Board book edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Little people, big dreams

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Away with words : the daring story of Isabella Bird

By Mortensen, Lori, 1955- Caldwell, Kristy
2019., Peachtree Publishers Call No: 910.4 MOR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)

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Code name: Lise : the true story of the woman who became WWII's most highly decorated spy

-- Code name Lise, the true story of the woman who became WWII's most highly decorated spy

By Loftis, Larry
2019., Intermediate, Gallery Books Call No: 940.54 ODE LOF Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)

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Jane Goodall

By Romero, Libby Ager, Charlotte
2019., Junior, DK Publishing Call No: 590.92 GOO ROM Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s) Series Title: DK life stories

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The lady is a spy : Virginia Hall, World War II hero of the French resistance

By Mitchell, Don, 1957-
2019., Intermediate, Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. Call No: 940.54 GOI MIT Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)

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Maya/Mathangi/M.I.A. - The Making of a Political Pop Star. January 2019

By Arsenault, Adrienne Serapio, Michael Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
2019, Intermediate; Senior, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Click here to watch video Metadata Source: Curio Series Title: News in Review

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Meghan Markle : American royal

By Krajnik, Elizabeth
2019., Junior, Enslow Publishing Call No: 941.086 MEG KRA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Junior biographies

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Vivienne Westwood

By Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel) Callaghan, Laura
2019., Primary, Frances Lincoln Children's Books Call No: 746.92 WES SAN Availability:17 of 17 At Location(s) Series Title: Little people, big dreams

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Explore with Gertrude Bell

By Cooke, Tim, 1961-
2018., Junior, Crabtree Publishing Company Call No: 910.92 BEL COO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Travel with the great explorers.

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The girl who climbed Everest

By Norris, Bonita
2018., Hodder Call No: 796.522 NOR Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)

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Meghan : a Hollywood princess

By Morton, Andrew, 1953-
2018., Grand Central Publishing Call No: 941.085 MEG MOR Edition: First edition. Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s)

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Ada Lovelace

By Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel) Yamamoto, Zafouko
2017., Primary, Frances Lincoln Children's Books Call No: 510.92 LOV SAN Availability:41 of 41 At Location(s) Series Title: Little people, big dreams

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Adele

By Smith, Sean, 1955-
2017., Intermediate, Harper Call No: 781.63 ADE SMI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)

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Caroline's comets : a true story

By McCully, Emily Arnold
2017., Primary, Holiday House Call No: E MCC Edition: First edition. Availability:11 of 11 At Location(s)

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Emmeline Pankhurst

By Kaiser, Lisbeth Sanfelippo, Ana, 1982-
2017., Primary, Frances Lincoln Children's Books Call No: 324.623 PAN KAI Availability:18 of 19 At Location(s) Series Title: Little people, big dreams

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Explore with Mary Kingsley

By Cooke, Tim, 1961-
2017., Junior, Crabtree Publishing Company Call No: 910.92 KIN COO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Travel with the great explorers

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Royalty

By Day, Nick
2017., Junior, Scobre Educational Call No: 942.054 DAY Availability:6 of 6 At Location(s) Series Title: Uncommon women

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Who says women can't be computer programmers? : the story of Ada Lovelace

-- Ada & the computer

By Stone, Tanya Lee Priceman, Marjorie
2017., Primary, Henry Holt and Company, : Henry Holt and Company Call No: 510.92 STO Edition: First edition. Availability:11 of 11 At Location(s)

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Ada Lovelace, poet of science : the first computer programmer

-- Poet of science.

By Stanley, Diane Hartland, Jessie
2016., Junior, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: 510 LOV STA Edition: First edition. Availability:54 of 54 At Location(s)

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Ada's ideas : the story of Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer

By Robinson, Fiona
2016., Primary, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: 510.92 LOV ROB Availability:27 of 27 At Location(s)

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Brave

-- How I rebuilt my life after love turned to hate

By Bellis, Adele
2016., Intermediate, HarperElement Call No: 362.885 BEL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)

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Hope : my life in football

By Powell, Hope, 1966- Close, Marvin
2016., Intermediate, Bloomsbury Call No: 796.334 POW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)

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Ada Byron Lovelace and the thinking machine

By Wallmark, Laurie Chu, April
[2015]., Junior, Creston Books, LLC. Call No: 510.92 LOV WAL Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s)

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Ada's algorithm : how Lord Byron's daughter Ada Lovelace launched the digital age

By Essinger, James, 1957-
2015., Intermediate, Melville House Call No: 510.92 LOV ESS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)

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Alive, alive oh! : and other things that matter

By Athill, Diana
2015., Senior, Granta Books Call No: 828.914 ATH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)

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Coming ashore

By Gildiner, Catherine, 1948-
2015., Intermediate, ECW Press Call No: 150 GIL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)

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Romantic outlaws : the extraordinary lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley

By Gordon, Charlotte
2015., Senior, Random House Call No: 809 GOR Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)

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Who was Beatrix Potter?

By Fabiny, Sarah Lacey, Mike
2015., Junior, Grosset & Dunlap Call No: 823 POT FAB Availability:33 of 33 At Location(s) Series Title: Who was--?

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The last asylum : a memoir of madness in our times

By Taylor, Barbara, 1950 Apr. 11-
2014., Hamish Hamilton Call No: 616.89 TAY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)

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The spy who loved : the secrets and lives of Christine Granville

By Mulley, Clare
2014., St. Martin's Griffin Call No: 940.548641 GRA MUL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)

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Who was Queen Victoria?

By Gigliotti, Jim Hergenrother, Max
[2014]., Grosset & Dunlap Call No: 941.081 VIC GIG Availability:40 of 40 At Location(s) Series Title: Who was--?

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A life without limits : a world champion's journey

By Wellington, Chrissie, 1977- Aylwin, Michael
2013., Center Street Call No: 796.4257 WEL Edition: 1st trade [pbk.] ed. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s)

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