NASA astronomer Nancy Grace Roman [STEM trailblazer bios]by Schwartz, Heather E. 

BTSB Prebound(Lerner, 2018)

BTSB #: 791602 Available

Dewey: 520.92/BAges: 7-11   
AR: 6 MG Lexile: 910

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Subjects: Roman, Nancy Grace,|d1925- United States.|bNational Aeronautics and Space Administration - Officials and employees - Biography Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft) Women astronomers - United States - Biography Astronomers - United States - Biography

Summary: A biography of Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first Chief of Astronomy and, ultimately, the "Mother of Hubble."

Stuff between the stars : how Vera Rubin discovered most of the universe by Nickel, Sandra 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 676324 Available

Dewey: 520.92/BAges: 6-8   
AR: 4.9 LG F&P: P

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Subjects: Rubin, Vera C.,|d1928-2016 Women astronomers - United States - Biography Astronomy Dark matter (Astronomy)

Summary: Vera Rubin was one of the astronomers who discovered and named dark matter, the thing that keeps the universe hanging together. Throughout her career she was never taken seriously as a scientist because she was one of the only female astronomers at that time, but she didn't let that stop her.

What Miss Mitchell saw by Barrett, Hayley 

BTSB Prebound(Beach Lane Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 093642 Available

Dewey: 520.92/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.8 LG Lexile: 830 AD

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Subjects: Mitchell, Maria,|d1818-1889 Women astronomers - United States - Biography Astronomers - United States - Biography Comets

Summary: Every evening, from the time she was a child, Maria Mitchell stood on her rooftop with her telescope and swept the sky. And then one night she saw something unusual--a comet no one had ever seen before! Miss Mitchell's extraordinary discovery made her famous the world over and paved the way for her to become America's first professional female astronomer.