Index
About the author
Ellen Labrecque is a freelance writer living in Yardley, Pennsylvania.
Previously, she was a senior editor at Spor ts Illustrated Kids. Ellen
loves to travel and then learn about new places and people that she
can write about in her books.
A
African Americans, 6,
11, 17
American Institute for
the Prevention of
Blindness, 13
B
Bath, Patricia, 5, 6
creates new field of
medicine, 13
early life, 7–9
invention, 15, 16
legacy, 19–21
patent, 16, 17
wants to help everyone
see, 12, 13, 18, 19,
21
blindness, 11, 13, 19,
21
C
cataracts, 14, 15, 17
community
ophthalmology, 13, 21
E
eye care, 5, 11, 12,
13, 20, 21
eyes, 4, 10, 11, 14
L
Laserphaco Probe, 15,
21
M
math, 8, 9
P
patent, 16
R
racism, 6
S
science, 8, 9
sexism, 6
surgery, 5, 15, 17
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