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Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math
Jeannine Atkins
Illustrator: Victoria Assanelli
Ages: 9+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-5344-6068-3
Keywords: discrimination, mathematics, women's rights, astronomy, measurement, mapping
In poetic language, Atkins celebrates the lives and work of women who used math and ingenuity to rise above discrimination and make change. Well documented.