African American Women Chemists by Jeannette Brown

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African American Women Chemists

By Jeannette Brown

Web edition: February 24, 2012
Print edition: March 10, 2012; Vol.181 #5 (p. 30)

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A chemist sketches the lives of women who broke racial boundaries, including Marie Maynard Daly, the first black woman to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1947.

Oxford Univ., 2012, 272 p., $35

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Gee, I wonder if this book could possibly be as exciting and inspiring as it looks...

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