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Women in STEM

Women in STEM
Get involved in this organization that brings STEM to high school girls
Women Making Gains in STEM Occupations but Still Underrepresented
From the US Census Bureau
7 Organizations Working to Promote Women in STEM

Women of Color in STEM

Black Women Scientists in the United States by Wini Warren
Call Number: Q141 .W367 1999
ISBN: 9780253336033
Publication Date: 2000-02-22
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Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA [Preview] by Sue Bradford Edwards, Duchess Harris
ISBN: 9781680797404
Publication Date: 2016
Discusses how in the 1950s, black women made critical contributions to NASA by performing calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space and return safely to Earth.
African-American Women in the Sciences and Related Disciplines by Library of Congress [Source guide]
See contributions of African-American women in science, technology, medicine, and related disciplines

Lilia Abron
Talks about her decision to major in chemistry
Sondra Akins
Talks about her role model, Lidia Vallerino, and other women who are scientists
Wanda Austin
Shares her initial experiences at Aerospace Corporation
Sharon Barnes
Discusses her experience as an African American woman at Dow Chemical Company
DeAnna Beane
Talks about her publication entitled, 'Mathematics and science: Critical filters for the future of minority students'
Georgia Mae Dunston
Talks about her work in the field of immunogenetics
Krishna Foster
Discusses her identification as an African American woman
Pamela Gunter-Smith
Talks about the challenges of being a woman in the work-force and her future career aspirations
Paula Hammond
Talks about her decision to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mary Harris
Reflects upon her non-traditional career path in science
Joycelyn Harrison
Talks about her career at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Sharon Haynie
Describes when she decided to become a research scientist
Ayanna Howard
Talks about her introduction to robotics
Shirley Ann Jackson
Recalls an encounter with an MIT materials science professor who dissuaded her away from majoring in physics
Eleanor Jones
Describes her efforts to attract female students to math and science
Reatha Clark King
Describes her current interest in chemistry
Andrea Lawrence
Talks about cultural and gender bias in the computer science field
Arlene Maclin
Talks about the lack of female minority physics professors
Shirley Malcom
Talks about the book she published called, 'The Double Bind: The Price of Being a Minority Woman in Science'
Valerie Taylor
Talks about her involvement in the Black Engineering and Science Students' Association
Roselyn Williams
Talks about prominent African American mathematicians
Where are all the black women in science? by Jenny Blair
New Scientist. 9/22/2012, Vol. 215 Issue 2883, p50-51.
"African American Women in Science, We Speak Your Names: Inspiring Our Future Scientists" by Dionne Hope Griffin
Black History Bulletin
Vol. 74, No. 2, Theme: "Black Women in American Culture and History" (Summer/Fall 2011), pp. 20-23 (4 pages)

Careers in STEM

Docs With Disabilities Podcast
GoodRX Scholarship for Future Black Physicians
GoodRX Pharmacy Innovation Scholarship
Scholarships from NAACP
Includes some STEM-related opportunities

The Impacts of Racism and Bias on Black People Pursuing Careers in Science, Engineering, and Medicine by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780309679541
Publication Date: 2020

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