Sisters in science : conversations with black women scientists about race, gender, and their passion for science / [interviews by] Diann Jordan.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jordan, Diann, 1958-
Language:English
Published: West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, [2006], ©2006.
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Physical Description:xv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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: beginning to tell the story.