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Girl Who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium
Girl Who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium | Jess Keating
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The inspiring tale of a seamstress-turned-scientist who invented the world's first aquarium at a time when women in STEM were startlingly rare. The daughter of a seamstress and a cobbler, Jeanne Villepreux-Power began her career as (…more)
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4 ⭐ I had no idea that the first aquarium was built by a woman so that she could study sea life. This biography is a great introduction to a woman few know about.

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