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Teton Co. Library - Nonfiction
576.5 ISAACSON W
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576.5 ISAACSON W
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Teton Co. - Alta Branch - Nonfiction
576.5 ISAACSON W
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576.5 ISAACSON W
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Teton Co. Library - Audio Visual Collection
CD BOOK 576.5 ISAACSON W
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CD BOOK 576.5 ISAACSON W
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Teton Co. - Alta Branch - Audio Visual Collection
CD BOOK 576.5 ISAACSON W
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CD BOOK 576.5 ISAACSON W
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Driven by a passion to understand how nature works and to turn discoveries into inventions, Doudna and her collaborators turned a curiosity of nature into an invention that will transform the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions. Isaacson explores the development of CRISPR and the race to create vaccines for coronavirus will hasten our transition to...
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In this biography, young listeners will learn all about Elizebeth Friedman (1892-1980), the brilliant American code breaker who created the CIA's first cryptology unit.
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Teton Co. Library - Young Adult Biographies
YA BIO FRIEDMAN E GREENFIELD A
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YA BIO FRIEDMAN E GREENFIELD A
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"Biography of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, an American woman who pioneered codebreaking in WWI and WWII but was only recently recognized for her extraordinary contributions to the field"--
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Teton Co. Library - Audio Visual Collection
CD BOOK 940.54 MUNDY L
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CD BOOK 940.54 MUNDY L
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Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them.
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Teton Co. Library - Nonfiction
306.874 TUBBS A
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306.874 TUBBS A
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Teton Co. - Alta Branch - Nonfiction
306.874 TUBBS A
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306.874 TUBBS A
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"In her groundbreaking and essential debut The Three Mothers, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates Black motherhood by telling the story of the three women who raised and shaped some of America's most pivotal heroes: Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin. Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin's son James, about Alberta King's son Martin Luther, and Louise Little's son Malcolm. But virtually nothing has been said about the extraordinary...
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Teton Co. Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA BARDUGO L
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YA BARDUGO L
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Diana, Princess of the Amazons, longs to prove herself to her warrior sisters. When the opportunity comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law to save a mere mortal. Alia Keralis just wanted to escape her overprotective brother with a semester at sea. When a bomb detonates aboard her ship, Alia is rescued and forced to confront a horrible truth: Alia is a Warbringer-- a direct descendant of the infamous Helen of Troy, fated to...
7) Wonder Woman
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Teton Co. - Alta Branch - Audio Visual Collection
DVD ACTION WONDER
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DVD ACTION WONDER
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Diana, princess of the Amazons was trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers, and her true destiny.
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Teton Co. Library - Audio Visual Collection
DVD DRAMA HIDDEN
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DVD DRAMA HIDDEN
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Teton Co. - Alta Branch - Audio Visual Collection
DVD DRAMA HIDDEN
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DVD DRAMA HIDDEN
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As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
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As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered from head to toe with the glowing dust. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" were considered the luckiest alive -- until they began to fall...
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Teton Co. - Alta Branch - Audio Visual Collection
CD BOOK 616 SKLOOT R
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CD BOOK 616 SKLOOT R
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Teton Co. Library - Large Print Collection
LGPT 616 SKLOOT R
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LGPT 616 SKLOOT R
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Teton Co. - Alta Branch - Nonfiction
616 SKLOOT R
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616 SKLOOT R
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This book examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned that doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
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A collection of artworks inspired by the lives and achievements of fifty famous women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, from the ancient world to the present, profiles each notable individual.
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Teton Co. Library - Juvenile Nonfiction
J 920.72 SCHATZ K
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J 920.72 SCHATZ K
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"Profiled are 26 American women from the 18th through 21st centuries, who have made-or are still making--history as artists, writers, teachers, lawyers, or athletes. The women come from a variety of economic and ethnic backgrounds and many had to overcome extreme hardships. One woman represents each alphabetical letter beginning with Angela Davis, an activist, teacher, and writer, and concludes with Zora Neale Hurston, an anthropologist and writer."--Publisher....
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In Founding Mothers, Cokie Roberts paid homage to the women who helped establish our nation. Now she continues the story of more remarkable women and their achievements in moving the fledgling nation forward, from the election of John Adams in 1796 to the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828. Roberts reveals the often surprising and compelling stories of determined and passionate woman who courageously faced the challenges of their times and laid the...
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Brief portraits of women from the period of the Revolution and early United States.
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A young aspiring engineer must first conquer her fear of failure.
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Teton Co. Library - Biography
BIO GINSBURG R CARMON I
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BIO GINSBURG R CARMON I
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Teton Co. Library - Audio Visual Collection
CD BOOK BIO GINSBURG R CARMON I
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CD BOOK BIO GINSBURG R CARMON I
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"Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers a visually rich, intimate, unprecedented look at the Justice and how she changed the world. From Ginsburg's refusal to let the slammed doors of sexism stop her to her innovative legal work, from her before-its-time feminist marriage to her perch on the nation's highest court--with the fierce dissents to match--get to know RBG as never before. As the country struggles with the unfinished...
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Follow the story of Beyoncé as she finds her voice through trials and triumphs, and understand that you too can shine your light like Beyoncé.
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"Discover the life of Simone Biles. A story about believing in yourself and going for the gold"--
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Teton Co. Library - Juvenile Biography
J BIO SHE
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J BIO SHE
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"Stories of American woman Olympians who persisted and succeeded against the odds"-- Provided by publisher.
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Teton Co. - Alta Branch - Biography
BIO YOUSAFZAI M
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BIO YOUSAFZAI M
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Teton Co. Library - Audio Visual Collection
CD BOOK BIO YOUSAFZAI M
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CD BOOK BIO YOUSAFZAI M
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Teton Co. Library - Audio Visual Collection
PLAYAWAY BIO YOUSAFZAI M
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PLAYAWAY BIO YOUSAFZAI M
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Summary
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from...