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Virginia Apgar Personal and Professional

For Students 9th - 10th
This web page provides a detailed description of the APGAR newborn scoring system as well as links to photos and documents from the life and other work of Dr. Virginia Apgar. The site was created and maintained by Doctors Henry and Eric...
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PBS

Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Virginia Apgar

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page profile of influential innovator, Virginia Apgar, whose vision and ideas created the Apgar score which is a system of evaluating a newborn's health thus saving countless lives.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Virginia Apgar

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame offers a review of Ms. Apgar's life accomplishments including her most well known development of the Apgar Score system, which determines whether a newborn infant needs special attention to stay alive.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Virginia Apgar

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a short biography about the woman who was best known as the inventor of the Apgar score, a way to quickly assess the health of newborn children immediately after birth.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Virginia Apgar

For Students 3rd - 8th
At this site from MIT Invention Dimension you can read about Virginia Apgar and her accomplishments as "One of Columbia University's first female M.D.s," as a researcher of childbirth, and as the inventor of the "Newborn Scoring System."
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Virginia Apgar

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Virginia Apgar, the creator of the Apgar Score System, an evaluation of the condition and viability of newly-delivered infants.
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Curated OER

Virginia Apgar

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Virginia Apgar.
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Curated OER

Virginia Apgar

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Virginia Apgar.