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Cocca-Leffler, Maryann

Summary: In the 1970s an important disability rights law, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, was waiting to be signed. Judy [Heumann] and other disability rights activists fought for YES! They held a sit-in until Section 504 was signed into law. Section 504--established thanks in large part to the ongoing work of Judy and her community--laid the foundation for the Americans with Disabilities...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HEU

Mosca, Julia Finley

Summary: "As a girl coming of age during the Civil Rights Movement, Patricia Bath made it her mission to become a doctor. When obstacles like racism, poverty, and sexism threatened this goal, she persevered--brightening the world with a game-changing treatment for blindness!"--Inside book jacket.

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Innovation Press 2017

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J STEM Mosca

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BATH MOS

Reid, Megan

Summary: Introduces trailblazing mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani from her unexpected interest in geometry as a young girl to becoming the first woman to win the world's most prestigious honor in mathematics.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MIR

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