Black Women Scientists in the United States (Race, Gender, and Science)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: February 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780253336033
Subjects: Black studies; History of science; Women's studies; Blacks In The U.S.; Women In Science; Science; Biography / Autobiography; Sociology; USA; Cultural Heritage; People of Color; Scientists - General; Women; Biography & Autobiography / People of Color; Biography & Autobiography : Scientists - General; Biography & Autobiography : Women; Reference; African-American Studies; American History; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; General; African American women scienti; African American women scientists; Biography
First sentence: Physical organic chemist Gloria Long Anderson made a conscious decision in 1968 to pursue her career at a small, historically Black college, despite her belief that her research would have been easier to conduct at a large, mainstream university.