BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL, MS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Mary Golda Ross was Lockheed Aircraft's first female engineer. Interested in and very good at math, Mary was the only girl in her math class. She excelled in the sciences all through school, eventually teaching and then becoming an engineer. She used the Cherokee values of cooperative work, education, humility and equal opportunity to guide her decisions and work.
Oh. my. goodness! I continue to be amazed by these great, short picture book biographies of amazing women. I had no idea there were more hidden women in the space program! Although much of her work is still classified, I'm so glad that my patrons can read about Mary Golda Ross and be inspired. Natasha Donovans illustrations are great - many of the pictures have complicated math problems in the back ground, and Traci Sorell has told a concise story, and included a great timeline as well.
Lisa Librarian
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