{"id":34,"date":"2017-07-17T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T18:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2023-03-28T20:40:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T20:40:40","slug":"the-demon-slayers-and-other-stories-bengali-folk-tales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.sayantanidasgupta.com\/writer\/books\/the-demon-slayers-and-other-stories-bengali-folk-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Apgar Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virginia Apgar Biography – She Persisted Series<\/h3>\n

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**One of the National Science Teaching Association’s OutStanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12**<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds!<\/p>\n

In this chapter book biography by bestselling author and physician Sayantani DasGupta, readers learn about the amazing life of Virginia Apgar\u2013and how she persisted.<\/p>\n

There weren\u2019t many women who tried to become doctors when Virginia Apgar went to medical school\u2013but she didn\u2019t let that stop her. After a professor discouraged from becoming a surgeon, she became an anesthesiologist instead and created the famous Apgar test to check the health of newborn babies. It\u2019s a test that\u2019s still used in hospitals across the world today!<\/p>\n

Complete with an introduction from Chelsea Clinton, black-and-white illustrations throughout, and a list of ways that readers can follow in Virginia Apgar\u2019s footsteps and make a difference!<\/p>\n

And don\u2019t miss out on the rest of the books in the She Persisted series, featuring so many more women who persisted!<\/p>\n

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