Scientist from Puerto Rico, Maria Cordero Hardy
By: by Mary Ellen Verheyden-Hilliard ; drawings by Scarlet Biro.
Contributors: Biro, Scarlet, ill.
Series: An American women in science biography
Publisher: Equity Institute
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Bethesda, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Hardy, Maria Cordero -- Juvenile literature.; Hardy, Maria Cordero.; Women physiologists -- Puerto Rico -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Women physiologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Physiologists -- Puerto Rico -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Physiologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Women physiologists.; Physiologists.
Description: A biography of a Puerto Rican woman who came to the mainland where she overcame a language barrier, earned a doctorate in physiology, and became a scientist, while fighting prejudice on several levels.