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She Persisted:Virginia Agpar

She Persisted:Virginia Agpar

Published: 6 Apr 2021

Paperback / softback, 80 pages

Recommended for age 7+

By Chelsea Clinton and Sayantani DasGupta

Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger and Gillian Flint

Published by Penguin Putnam Inc

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There weren't many women who tried to become doctors when Virginia Apgar went to medical school - but she didn't let that stop her. After a professor discouraged her from becoming a surgeon, she became an anesthesiologist instead and created the famous Apgar test to check the health of newborn babies. It's a test that's still used in hospitals across the world today!

In this chapter book biography by bestselling author and physician Sayantani DasGupta, readers learn about the amazing life of Virginia Apgar - and how she persisted.

Tagged inventors and inventions and women in STEAM

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