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| Diann Jordan ISBN:
1557533865
Format: Paperback, 232pp
Pub. Date: November 2005
Publisher: Purdue University Press
List Price: $29.95
BBP Price: $22.46 Save 25%
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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.
About the Author
Diann Jordan is currently an associate professor of biological sciences at
Alabama State University and an educational consultant. She was the first woman
faculty ever hired in the Soil and Atmospheric Sciences Department, first
African American woman tenured in a science department at the University of
Missouri-Columbia (1996) and the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D.
in Soil Science at Michigan State University in 1987. For more than 10 years,
she has given seminars and workshops and written articles on the issues facing
young women and minorities in science and engineering. Her articles have
appeared in the leading journals as well as in magazines and newspapers.
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