Sisters in science : conversations with black women scientists about race, gender, and their passion for science / [interviews by] Diann Jordan.

West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, [2006], ©2006.

xv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-240) and index.

Hattie Carwell : civil rights for all -- Yvonne Young Clark : still going strong -- Anna J. Coble : to the beat of her own drum -- Freddie M. Dixon : one of our own -- Elvira Doman : a class act -- Georgia Dunston : it's in my genes -- Evelyn Boyd Granville : destined to greater heights -- Shirley Ann Jackson : the sky is the limit -- Lynda M. Jordan : an unlikely scientist -- Shelia Mcclure : a woman's place -- Etheleen McGinnis-Hill : it's a good thing -- Jennie R. Patrick : rebel with a cause -- Jann Patrice Primus : her voice lives on -- Dolores Cooper Shockley : it's a family affair -- Rubye Torrey : just call me a scientist -- Geraldine W. Twitty : still on the battlefield -- LaVern Whisenton-Davidson : a passion for mosquito research -- Epilogue: beginning to tell the story.