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By Robert L. Switzer

Emma Hansen, a negative farm lady born in 1900, has unparalleled scholastic skill and a deep fascination with the wildlife. She fights her manner via poverty, her family's indifference, and prejudices opposed to girls to wait highschool and Hancock collage, a small Midwestern tuition. inspired by means of the college's in simple terms woman professor, Emma conducts her first examine with dung beetles and micro-organisms.The girl Professor is a unique in regards to the human part of genuine technology, traditionally and scientifically actual, yet without difficulty intelligible to non-scientists. It portrays a transitional time for ladies in the US and could relatively curiosity younger women who're attracted to careers in science.

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