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oapen-20.500.12657-641632023-07-28T03:09:30Z Sisters in Science Jordan, Diann race racism intersectionality history of science gender studies women in science bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSJ Gender studies, gender groups Author Diann Jordan took a journey to find out what inspired and daunted black women in their desire to become scientists in America. Letting 18 prominent black women scientists talk for themselves, Sisters in Science becomes an oral history stretching across decades and disciplines and desires. From Yvonne Clark, the first black woman to be awarded a B.S. in mechanical engineering to Georgia Dunston, a microbiologist who is researching the genetic code for her race, to Shirley Jackson, whose aspiration led to the presidency of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Jordan has created a significant record of women who persevered to become firsts in many of their fields. It all began for Jordan when she was asked to give a presentation on black women scientists. She found little information and little help. After almost nine years of work, the stories of black women scientists can finally be told. 2023-07-27T13:59:26Z 2023-07-27T13:59:26Z 2006 book ONIX_20230727_9781612498904_54 9781612498904 9781612498898 9781557534453 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/64163 eng application/pdf application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781612498904.pdf 9781612498904.epub https://www.press.purdue.edu/9781557534453/sisters-in-science/ Purdue University Press 10.5703/1288284317628 10.5703/1288284317628 3600efb5-b3a3-419f-9e4f-7a6094096815 b5941080-3f20-4864-95c6-753acff7c9f4 9781612498904 9781612498898 9781557534453 Big Ten Open Books West Lafayette [...] Big Ten Open Books Big Ten Open Books — Gender and Sexuality Studies Collection Big Ten Academic Alliance open access
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Author Diann Jordan took a journey to find out what inspired and daunted black women in their desire to become scientists in America. Letting 18 prominent black women scientists talk for themselves, Sisters in Science becomes an oral history stretching across decades and disciplines and desires. From Yvonne Clark, the first black woman to be awarded a B.S. in mechanical engineering to Georgia Dunston, a microbiologist who is researching the genetic code for her race, to Shirley Jackson, whose aspiration led to the presidency of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Jordan has created a significant record of women who persevered to become firsts in many of their fields. It all began for Jordan when she was asked to give a presentation on black women scientists. She found little information and little help. After almost nine years of work, the stories of black women scientists can finally be told.
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