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Handout
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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Article
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.