Celebrating women in mathematics and science / edited by Miriam P. Cooney.

Reston, Va. : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, [1996], ©1996.

vii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references

Hypatia -- Emilie du Châtelet -- Maria Gaetana Agnesi -- Caroline Lucretia Herschel -- Sophie Germain -- Mary Fairfax Somerville -- Ada Byron Lovelace -- Maria Mitchell -- Florence Nightingale -- Elizabeth Blackwell -- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson -- Marie Sklodowska Curie -- Emmy Noether -- Barbara McClintock -- Grace Murray Hopper -- Julia Bowman Robinson -- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow -- Evelyn Boyd Granville -- Mary Ellen Estill Rudin -- Dian Fossey -- Jane Goodall -- Mary Gray.