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Author:

Williams, Kathleen Broome, 1944-

Title:

Improbable warriors : women scientists and the U.S. Navy in World War II / Kathleen Broome Williams.

Publisher:

Naval Institute Press,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

xvii, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Navy--Women.--Biography.
Women scientists--United States.--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Science.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-269) and index.

Contents:

Women at war: an overview -- Mary Sears: oceanographer -- Florence van Straten: meteorologist -- Grace Murray Hopper: computer scientist -- Mina Spiegel Rees: science administrator -- After the war -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

9781557509611 (acid-free paper)
1557509611 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45908882

LCCN:

2001030164

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)