TY - BOOK ID - 103779346 TI - African American women chemists in the modern era PY - 2020 SN - 0190615176 0197559670 0190615192 0190615184 9780190615185 9780190615178 PB - New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - African American women chemists KW - Chemists KW - Afro-American women chemists KW - Women chemists, African American KW - Women chemists KW - United States. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:103779346 AB - This title focuses on contemporary women who have benefited from the Civil Rights Act and are now working as chemists or chemical engineers. It was produced by taking the oral history of women who are leaders in their field and who wanted to tell the world how they suceeded. It features 18 amazing women in this book and each of them has a claim to fame, despite hiding in plain sight. These women reveal the history of their lives from youth to adult. Overall, Jeannette Brown aims to inspire women and minorities to pursue careers in the sciences, as evidenced by the successful career paths of the women that came before them. ER -