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African American women chemists

Author: Jeannette E Brown
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Beginning with Dr. Marie Maynard Daly, the first African American woman to receive a PhD in chemistry in the United States--in 1947, from Columbia University--this well researched and fascinating book celebrate the lives and history of African American women chemists. Written by Jeannette Brown, an African American chemist herself, the book profiles the lives of numerous women, ranging from the earliest pioneers up  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jeannette E Brown
ISBN: 9780199742882 019974288X
OCLC Number: 713182567
Description: xii, 252 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: The reason for this book and why these women were chosen --
Resources for historical background --
Early pioneers. Josephine Silone Yates ; Beebe Steven Lynk ; Alice Augusta Ball ; Eslanda Goode Robeson ; Angie Turner King ; Mary Elliott Hill --
Marie Maynard Daly --
Chemical educators. Johnnie Hines Watts Prothro ; Rubye Prigmore Torrey ; Gladys W. Royal ; Cecile Hoover Edwards ; Allene Johnson ; Mary Antoinette Schiesler ; Gloria Long Anderson ; Linda C. Meade-Tollin ; Lynda Marie Jordon --
Industry and government labs. Esther A.H. Hopkins ; Betty Wright Harris ; Sinah Estelle Kelley ; Katheryn Emanuel Lawson --
From Academia to the board room and science policy. Reatha Clark King ; Margaret Ellen Mayo Tolbert ; Cheryl L. Shavers --
Chemical engineers. Lilia Ann Abron ; Jennie Patrick --
My story. Jeannette Elizabeth Brown --
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Responsibility: Jeannette E. Brown.

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This book presents the stories of pioneer African American women in chemistry, exploring the reasons they chose to study chemistry when the field was not open to African Americans--male or  Read more...
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<br>"This is an interesting collection of profiles, many of them firsts, of women who broke barriers in a demanding field." -Booklist<p> Read more...

 
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