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Herschel, Caroline Lucretia 1750-1848 Johnson, Katherine G Mathematicians Fiction Nightingale, Florence 1820-1910 Paisano, Edna L Childhood and youth Fiction Rubin, Vera C 1928-2016 Rubin, Vera C 1928-2016 Childhood and youth Fiction Scientists Fiction Sex role Fiction Tharp, MarieAlpsten, Ellen
Summary: "Before there was Catherine the Great, there was Catherine Alexeyevna: the first woman to rule Russia in her own right. Ellen Alpsten's rich, sweeping first-person narrative is the story of her rise to power. St. Petersburg, 1725. Peter the Great lies dying in his magnificent Winter Palace. The weakness and treachery of his only son has driven his father to an appalling act of cruelty and left...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALPAtkins, Jeannine
Summary: A biographical novel in verse of seven girls from different time periods who used math to explore the mysteries of the universe and grew up to do innovate work that changed history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2020