Sisters in science : conversations with black women scientists about race, gender, and their passion for science

Jordan, Diann, 1958- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1557533865 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781557533869
Physical Description: xv, 240 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, c2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Bibliography: p. 237-240.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.