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Sisters in science : conversations with black women scientists about race, gender, and their passion for science
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- Creator
- [interviews by] Diann Jordan
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©2006 (2007 printing)
- Physical Details
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- xv, 240 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 1557533865, 9781612498904, 9781557534453, 1557534454, 9781557533869
- OCLC
- ocn137292168
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240).
- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Timeline : Black women in science, mathematics, and engineering -- Tables -- Hattie Carwell : civil rights for all -- Yvonne Young Clark : still going strong -- Anna J. Coble : to the beat of her own drum -- Freddie M. Dixon : one of our own -- Elvira Doman : a class act -- Georgia Dunston : it's in my genes -- Evelyn Boyd Granville : destined to greater heights -- Shirley Ann Jackson : the sky is the limit -- Lynda M. Jordan : an unlikely scientist -- Shelia McClure : a woman's place -- Etheleen McGinnis-Hill : it's a good thing -- Jennie R. Patrick : rebel with a cause -- Jann Patrice Primus : her voice lives on -- Dolores Cooper Shockley : it's a family affair -- Rubye Torrey : just call me a scientist -- Geraldine W. Twitty : still on the battlefield -- LaVern Whisenton-Davidson : a passion for mosquito research -- Epilogue : Continuing to tell the story -- References and recommended reading