African American women scientists and inventors
By: Otha Richard Sullivan ; Jim Haskins, general editor.
Contributors: Haskins, James, 1941-
Series: Black stars; Black stars (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: African American inventors -- Biography; African American scientists -- Biography; African American women
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one: The early years. Ellen F. Eglin, Sara E. Goode, Miriam E. Benjamin; title: Part two: Into the new century. Madame C.J. Walker, Annie Turnbo Malone, Roger Arliner Young Ph.D., Marjorie Stewart Joyner Ph.D.; title: Part three: Modern times. Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner and Mildred Austin Smith, Bessie Blount Griffin, Jane Cooke Wright M.D., Evelyn Boyd Granville Ph.D., Jewel Plummer Cobb Ph.D., Angela D. Ferguson M.D., Reatha Clark King Ph.D., Betty Wright Harris Ph.D., Patricia Bath M.D., Valerie Thomas, Shirley Ann Jackson Ph.D., Alexa Canady M.D., Sharon J. Barnes, Mae Jemison M.D., Ursula Burns, Aprille Joy Ericsson Jackson Ph.D., Dannellia Gladden Green Ph.D., Chavonda J. Jacobs Young Ph.D.