Virginia Apgar: Innovative Female Physician and Inventor of the Apgar Score
Author: Apel, Melanie Ann
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.2
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
11362
Points per Word
0.000176
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.017857
Description
This book profiles a woman anesthesiologist who was a pioneer in medicine, graduating from medical school at a time when few women attended college, and going on to develop the Apgar score for measuring a newborn's physical condition at birth.