Patricia's vision the doctor who saved sight
(2020)
By:
Lord, Michelle
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
E/BIOGRAPHY/617.7/BATH,P
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Sterling Children's Books, [2020]
DESCRIPTION
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781454931379, 145493137X :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Born in 1940s Harlem, Patricia Bath dreamed of being a doctor--even though that wasn't a career option for most women. This biography follows Dr. Bath in her quest to become an ophthalmologist and restore sight to the blind. "Choosing miracles" when everyone else had given up hope, she invented a specialized laser for removing cataracts, becoming the first African American woman doctor to receive a medical patent"--
Ages 5+
K to grade 3
710L