Foreword
If you were born in the mid-1800s, you would not expect to live nearly as long as people live today. You would not have worried about your environment being poisoned or about global warming. You probably would not have dreamed that a woman could become a professional scientist. And you certainly would not have known that in the small town of Dunstable, Massachusetts, a young girl running free on her family’s farm would one day use science to change your life.
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