Sisters in Science : Conversations with Black Women Scientists on Race, Gender, and Their Passion for Science / / Diann Jordan

• Autore: Jordan Diann <1958->
• Pubblicazione: ©2006; West Lafayette, Ind. : , : Purdue University Press, , 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 240 pages) : illustrations, portraits
• Disciplina: 500.820973
• Soggetto topico: African American women scientists
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Timeline: Black Women in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Tables -- Civil Rights for all/Hattie Carwell -- Still Going Strong/Yvonne Young Clark -- to the Beat of Her Own Drum/Anna J. Coble -- One of Our Own/Freddie M. Dixon -- A Class Act/Elvira Doman -- It's in My Genes/Georgia Dunston -- Destined to Greater Heights/Evelyn Boyd Granville -- The Sky is the Limit/Shirley Ann Jackson -- An Unlikely Scientist/Lynda M. Joran -- A Woman's Place/Shelia McClure -- It's a Good Thing/Etheleen McGinnis-Hill -- Rebel With a Cause/Jennie r. Patrick -- Her Voice Lives On/Jann Patrice Primus -- It's a Family Affair/Dolores Cooper Shockley -- Just Call Me a Scientist/Rubye Torrey -- Still on the Battlefield/Geraldine W. Twitty -- a Passion for Mosquito Research/LaVern Whisenton-Davidson -- epilogue: Continuing to Tell the Story -- references and Recommend Reading.
• Sommario/riassunto: Written by the author who took a journey to find out what inspired and daunted black women in their desire to become scientists in America. This book provides an oral history stretching across decades and disciplines and desires.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sisters in Science
• ISBN: 9781612498904
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910644046603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II