1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990005961680203316

Autore

FORSTER, Edward Morgan

Titolo

Maurice / Edward Morgan Forster ; traduzione di Marcella Bonsanti ; postfazione di Marisa Bulgheroni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Garzanti, 2014

ISBN

978-88-11-81071-1

Descrizione fisica

107 p. ; 18 cm

Collana

I grandi libri , Novecento

Disciplina

823.912

Collocazione

VII.3.A. 2367

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781453603321

Autore

Brown Jeannette E (Jeannette Elizabeth), <1934->

Titolo

African American women chemists [[electronic resource] /] / Jeannette E.  Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, Eng. ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-19-756303-1

1-283-34919-1

9786613349194

0-19-991272-6

0-19-990961-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Classificazione

SCI034000

Disciplina

540.92/2

540.922

Soggetti

African American women chemists

Chemists - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2012.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. The Reason for This Book and Why These Women Were Chosen; 2. Resources for Historical Background; 3. Early Pioneers; Josephine Silone Yates; Beebe Steven Lynk; Alice Augusta Ball; Eslanda Goode Robeson; Angie Turner King; Mary Elliott Hill; 4. Marie Maynard Daly; 5. 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 Jordan; 6. Industry and Government Labs; Esther A. H. Hopkins; Betty Wright Harris

Sinah Estelle KelleyKatheryn Emanuel Lawson; 7. From Academia to Board Room and Science Policy; Reatha Clark King; Margaret Ellen Mayo Tolbert; Cheryl L. Shavers; 8. Chemical Engineers; Lilia Ann Abron; Jennie Patrick; 9. My Story; Jeannette Elizabeth Brown; 10. Next Steps; Notes; Publications; Historical Time Line; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

This text 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 female, and how they persevered in spite of all odds.