Hidden Heroes in Technology

Hidden Heroes in Technology
Author: Carol Kim
Publisher: Lerner Publications TM
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2023-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1728490057

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Tech is everywhere! Learn more about the innovators who created the technology world. These innovators are women, people of color, immigrants, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community who are ready to be recognized. From creating color television to the first search engine to computer chips, these heroes saw a world no one else thought was possible. Get to know how these innovators created their inventions and how they are still making an impact.

Hidden Heroes: The Human Computers of NASA

Hidden Heroes: The Human Computers of NASA
Author: Duchess Harris
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2018-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1532170564

In the 1950s, NASA relied on human computers. These skilled women did calculations by hand. While astronauts and their accomplishments were well known, human computers often worked behind the scenes. Hidden Heroes: The Human Computers of NASA explores the legacy of NASA's human computers. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Broad Band

Broad Band
Author: Claire L. Evans
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0735211760

If you loved Hidden Figures or The Rise of the Rocket Girls, you'll love Claire Evans' breakthrough book on the women who brought you the internet--written out of history, until now. "This is a radically important, timely work," says Miranda July, filmmaker and author of The First Bad Man. The history of technology you probably know is one of men and machines, garages and riches, alpha nerds and brogrammers--but from Ada Lovelace, who wrote the first computer program in the Victorian Age, to the cyberpunk Web designers of the 1990s, female visionaries have always been at the vanguard of technology and innovation. In fact, women turn up at the very beginning of every important wave in technology. They may have been hidden in plain sight, their inventions and contributions touching our lives in ways we don't even realize, but they have always been part of the story. VICE reporter and YACHT lead singer Claire L. Evans finally gives these unsung female heroes their due with her insightful social history of the Broad Band, the women who made the internet what it is today. Seek inspiration from Grace Hopper, the tenacious mathematician who democratized computing by leading the charge for machine-independent programming languages after World War II. Meet Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler, the one-woman Google who kept the earliest version of the Internet online, and Stacy Horn, who ran one of the first-ever social networks on a shoestring out of her New York City apartment in the 1980s. Join the ranks of the pioneers who defied social convention to become database poets, information-wranglers, hypertext dreamers, and glass ceiling-shattering dot com-era entrepreneurs. This inspiring call to action shines a light on the bright minds whom history forgot, and shows us how they will continue to shape our world in ways we can no longer ignore. Welcome to the Broad Band. You're next.

Hidden Heroes in Space Exploration

Hidden Heroes in Space Exploration
Author: Dionna L. Mann
Publisher: Lerner Publications TM
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2023-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1728490022

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Blast off to space with astronauts, mathematicians, engineers, and more who defined space exploration. These heroes reached for the stars by flying to the International Space Station and completing groundbreaking calculations that made space travel possible. Discover some of the many contributions women, people of color, immigrants, and people with disabilities made to space exploration. From an engineer in the control room to a mission specialist that went on four space flights, these heroes are transforming how we think of space.

Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA

Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA
Author: Sue Bradford Edwards
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1680797409

Hidden Human Computers discusses how in the 1950s, black women made critical contributions to NASA by performing calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space and return safely to Earth. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Hidden Heroes in WWII

Hidden Heroes in WWII
Author: Anitra Butler-Ngugi
Publisher: Lerner Publications TM
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2022-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1728473829

World War II (1939–1945) is one of the most impactful and influential events in the history of the US and the world at large. During the war, the US and other Allied countries fought the Axis powers. Despite racism, sexism, and discrimination, many marginalized Americans wanted to help the country fight and win the war. These people worked on planes and ships at home and overseas, flew aircraft, served in the US military, and found new ways to send secret messages to keep troops informed. Discover the hidden heroes of WWII and learn how they made a difference.

Hidden Heroes in Medicine

Hidden Heroes in Medicine
Author: Dionna L. Mann
Publisher: Lerner Publications TM
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2023-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1728489997

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Uncover the stories of hidden heroes who transformed the medical field. Direct quotes from medical professionals reveal their successes and experiences with racism, sexism, and ableism. Let’s shine a light on these heroes. They prevented diseases, fought outbreaks, and created their own practices. They also created programs to make the medical field more inclusive and welcoming. These medical personnel fought hard for their patients. Learn more about these heroes whose work continues to have an impact.

Informal Caregivers: From Hidden Heroes to Integral Part of Care

Informal Caregivers: From Hidden Heroes to Integral Part of Care
Author: Andreas Charalambous
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2023-01-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3031167457

This book builds on the current trends in informal caregivers’ role in the supportive care of cancer patients (as well as other diseases) across the care continuum covering topics from the healthcare professionals and the users’ perspectives. Informal caregivers are a critical resource to their care recipients and an essential component of the health care system. The book introduces a comprehensive view of the topic and acknowledges the importance and the complexity of caregiving. Here lays one of the uniqueness of this book, which highlights the areas and the ways that for example interventions in specific settings/groups of patients can actually facilitate the caregiving process. The increasing number of care-dependent people, the adoption of the principle “outpatient before inpatient”, the shift of care from inpatient to outpatient and the preference for home care (i.e. majority) are only some of the reasons that contributed to Informal caregiving becoming a central feature of the health care landscape and will become even more prominent in the decades ahead. The book draws on the experts’ high-end, current systematic research evidence and real-life examples on these topics to provide an insightful perspective on undertaking research within this context, and to demonstrate informal caregivers’ impact on patients’ outcomes. The structure of the book provides multiple perspectives to the topic and makes it appealing to a wide range of recipients including the nursing community, clinicians, social workers, researchers, policy makers, technology experts as well as postgraduate students especially to those practicing specifically in supportive care in cancer. The book fills a gap in this field of expertise not only by familiarizing the reader with a wide range of topics to be considered but it also emphasizes on what the developments in the field in the future would need to take into consideration. Finally, current and future studies can be informed from the practices of preceding studies that are incorporated in the book.

Hidden Heroes

Hidden Heroes
Author: Rajeev Ramchand
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2014-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0833085581

"While much has been written about the role of caregiving for the elderly and chronically ill and for children with special needs, little is known about "military caregivers" -- the population of those who care for wounded, ill, and injured military personnel and veterans. These caregivers play an essential role in caring for injured or wounded service members and veterans. This enables those for whom they are caring to live better quality lives, and can result in faster and improved rehabilitation and recovery. Yet playing this role can impose a substantial physical, emotional, and financial toll on caregivers. This report summarizes the results of a study designed to describe the magnitude of military caregiving in the United States today, as well as to identify gaps in the array of programs, policies, and initiatives designed to support military caregivers. Improving military caregivers' well-being and ensuring their continued ability to provide care will require multifaceted approaches to reducing the current burdens caregiving may impose, and bolstering their ability to serve as caregivers more effectively. Given the systematic differences among military caregiver groups, it is also important that tailored approaches meet the unique needs and characteristics of post-9/11 caregivers."--Abstract.

Hidden Heroes in the Civil War

Hidden Heroes in the Civil War
Author: Elliott Smith
Publisher: Lerner Publications TM
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2023-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1728490081

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! The Civil War (1861–1865) was a pivotal time in US history. During the war, the nation was divided over the institution of slavery. While the Union, made up of Northern states, fought to end slavery in the US, the Confederacy, made up of Southern states, fought to keep slavery. Many women, people of color, and people from other underrepresented groups spoke out against injustice and supported causes they believed in. They also worked as doctors, nurses, soldiers, and more. Learn about the hidden heroes who made great contributions during the difficult era of the Civil War.