Scientist and activist, Phyllis Stearner
By: by Mary Ellen Verheyden-Hilliard ; drawings by Holly Meeker Rom.
Contributors: Rom, Holly Meeker, ill.
Series: An American women in science biography
Publisher: Equity Institute
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Bethesda, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Stearner, Phyllis -- Health -- Juvenile literature.; Stearner, Phyllis.; Women biologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Women scientists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Cerebral palsied -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Women biologists.; Biologists.; Cerebral palsy.; People with disabilities.
Other titles: Phyllis Stearner.
Description: Recounts the story of a woman who overcame cerebral palsy to earn her doctorate, become an expert in radiation biology, and work as an activist on behalf of disability rights.