African American Women Chemists
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (550 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 019974288X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Amazing resource!" according to Carrie Kinnaman. As a university chemistry professor, this book is a wonderful resource for helping broaden my students' views on scientists. The biographies are short enough be read in class, and they have enough detail to be very engaging for the students. I recommend this book. Inspirational and refreshing! This book, "African American Women Chemists" by Jeannette E. Brown, is MUST reading for women and men of all ages and races. These stories on how these women scientists achieved against the odds show remarkable courage, strength, and determination that others can. "Truly Enlightening!" according to Chem Girl. This is an amazing book, and appears to be the only one of its kind. As an African American female college student studying chemistry, I have found this book to be inspiring and enlightening in so many ways! It has not only further sparked my passion for studying
Jeannette Elizabeth Brown is a former Faculty Associate at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She is the 2004 Société de Chimie Industrielle (American Section) Fellow of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, and consistently lectures on African American women in chemistry.
Chapters focus on chemists in academia, industry, and government, as well as chemical engineers, whose career path is very different from that of the tradition chemist. The book concludes with a chapter on the future of African American women chemists, which will be of interest to all women interested in science.. Dr. It will detail their struggles to obtain an education and their efforts to succeed in a field in which there were few African American men, much less African American women.The book contains sketches of the lives of African America women chemists from the earliest pioneers up until the late 1960's when the Civil Rights Acts were passed and greater career opportunities began to emerge. In each sketch, Brown will explore women's motivation to study the field and detail their often quite significant accomplishments. Marie Maynard Daly received her PhD in Chemistry from Columbia University in 1947. Although she was hardly the first of her race and gender to engage in the field, she was the first African American woman to receive a PhD in chemistry in the United States. In this book, Jeannette Bro
Although books on African American chemists and female African American scientists do exist, this book is the first biographical reference on this specific underrepresented population. Brown's factual accounts, while often impassive and dull, are greatly informative, and are supported by extensive citations of texts, journal articles, and personal interviews. Jacobs, Rider University. "This is an interesting collection of profiles, many of them firsts, of women who broke barriers in a demanding field." -Booklist"Like pioneers in any field, these women were more than just chemical researchers or educators; they were true "Renaissance women," often dually employed as reporters, editors, activists, or even priests, and playing leadership roles in national and grassroots organizations. Students of all levels and general readers." -- D. L. Summing Up: Highly recommended