03258nam 2200697Ia 450 991081245860332120200520144314.00-19-756303-11-283-34919-197866133491940-19-991272-60-19-990961-X(CKB)2550000000064728(EBL)797741(OCoLC)778338379(SSID)ssj0000533809(PQKBManifestationID)12199976(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000533809(PQKBWorkID)10493394(PQKB)11334378(MiAaPQ)EBC797741(StDuBDS)EDZ0002351200(Au-PeEL)EBL797741(CaPaEBR)ebr10511367(CaONFJC)MIL334919(OCoLC)713182567(FINmELB)ELB163280(EXLCZ)99255000000006472820110516d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrican American women chemists /Jeannette E. Brown1st ed.Oxford, Eng. ;New York Oxford University Pressc20121 online resource (265 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2012.0-19-974288-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 HarrisSinah 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; YThis 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.Oxford scholarship online.African American women chemistsBiographyChemistsUnited StatesBiographyAfrican American women chemistsChemists540.92/2540.922SCI034000bisacshBrown Jeannette E(Jeannette Elizabeth),1934-1651994MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812458603321African American women chemists4002329UNINA