The girl with a mind for math :

By: Mosca, Julia Finley [author.]Contributor(s): Rieley, Daniel [illustrator.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Mosca, Julia Finley. Amazing scientists: 3.Publisher: Seattle, WA : The Innovation Press, [2018]Copyright date: 2018Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 26 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781943147427; 1943147426; 9781943147588; 1943147582Subject(s): Montague, Raye, 1935-2018 -- Juvenile literature | Montague, Raye, 1935- | Women marine engineers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Engineers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Marine engineering -- Juvenile literature | Shipbuilding -- Juvenile literature | Marine engineering -- Biography | Women engineers | African Americans -- Biography | Women -- Biography | Inclusive Global MindsetGenre/Form: Picture books. | Biographies.DDC classification: 623.8092 LOC classification: VM140.M7 | M88 2018Summary: 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 gaining her well-deserved title in history: a pioneer who changed the course of ship design forever.--Dust jacket.
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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 gaining her well-deserved title in history: a pioneer who changed the course of ship design forever.--Dust jacket.