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Author / Creator:	Brown, Jeannette E. (Jeannette Elizabeth), 1934-
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	African American women chemists -- Biography. Chemists -- United States -- Biography. African American women chemists. Chemists. United States. Electronic book. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11120342

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ISBN:	9780199909612 019990961X 9780199912728 0199912726 9780199742882 019974288X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Beginning with Dr. Marie Maynard Daly, the first African American woman to receive a PhD in chemistry in the United States--in 1947, from Columbia University--this well researched and fascinating book celebrate the lives and history of African American women chemists. Written by Jeannette Brown, an African American chemist herself, the book profiles the lives of numerous women, ranging from the earliest pioneers up until the late 1960's when the Civil Rights Acts sparked greater career opportunities. Brown examines each woman's motivation to pursue chemistry, describes 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, and details their often quite significant accomplishments. The book looks at chemists in academia, industry, and government, as well as chemical engineers, whose career path is very different from that of the tradition chemist, and it concludes with a chapter on the future of African American women chemists, which will be of interest to all women interested in a career in science"--
Other form:	Print version: Brown, Jeannette E. (Jeannette Elizabeth), 1934- African American women chemists. New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012 9780199742882
Standard no.:	9786613349194

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Summary:	Dr. 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 Brown, an African American woman chemist herself, will present a wide-ranging historical introduction to the relatively new presence of African American women in the field of chemistry. 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. 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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780199909612 019990961X 9780199912728 0199912726 9780199742882 019974288X