Article ID: CBB501404921

Reach for the Stars (Winter 2020)

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Acevedo, Sylvia (Author)


American Heritage of Invention and Technology
Volume: 26
Issue: 1

ISSN: 8756-7296

Journal Abbreviation: AHIT
Publication Date: Winter 2020
Edition Details: Special Issue: 50 Women Inventors and Innovators
Physical Details: No pages for on-line version.
Language: English

The Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts of the USA recalls how she was inspired to become a NASA rocket scientist by experiences as a young girl.

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Authors & Contributors
Brainard, Suzanne G.
Acevedo, Sylvia
Garces, Liliana M.
Widnall, Sheila E.
Bell, Deanne
Rubio, D.
Concepts
Women in engineering
Diversity in the workplace
Engineering
Women in science
Engineers
Education, engineering
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Spain
Institutions
WEPAN (Women in Engineering Proactive Network)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
International Business Machines Corporation
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