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African American engineers African American engineers Biography Marine engineering Juvenile literature Marine engineers Marine engineers United States Biography Montague, Raye 1935-2018 Shipbuilding Juvenile literature United States Women marine engineers Women marine engineers United States BiographyMosca, Julia Finley
Summary: This is a rhyming-text picture book about Raye Montague. After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she know sexism and racial inequality would challenge that dream every step of the way, even keeping her greatest career accomplishment a secret for decades. Through it all, the gifted mathematician persisted-- finally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Innovation Press 2018
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MONCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J STEM MoscaCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB MONTAGUE MOSBowers, Paige
Summary: Raye Montague was an ambitious little girl in segregated Little Rock. She grew to be a woman who spent a lifetime educating herself, both inside and outside of the classroom, so that she could become the person and professional she aspired to be. Where some saw roadblocks, Montague only saw hurdles that needed to be overcome. Her mindset helped her become the first person to draft a Naval...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press 2021