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

Inrtroduction: Timeline: Black women in science, mathematics, and engineering — Tables — Hattie Carwell : civil rights for all -- Yvonne Young Clark : still going strong -- Anna J. Coble : to the beat ...
The Root

Black Female Chemistry Professor Awarded $324,000 to Study Rape-Investigation Methods

With the upcoming Christmas Day release of the brilliant Oscar-worthy film Hidden Figures, it looks like black female scientists who rock out in science, technology, engineering and math fields are ...
WIVB-TV

Celebrate Women’s History Month with Four Trailblazing Black Women Scientists

Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb, biologist/cancer researcher and college president; Dr. Alexa Canady, pediatric neurosurgeon; Dr. Karen Smith, family practice physician; and ...
ABC News

Female scientists start a database to showcase their work. Over 9,000 women join them

The group 500 Women Scientists was launched after the 2016 election. If young girls can be what they see in the world, then prepare for a new generation of female scientists. The visibility of women ...
WFMY News2

Bill Awarding Congressional Gold Medal to NASA Langley's 'Hidden Figures' Signed Into Law

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed legislation into law on Friday to award four African-American women scientists the Congressional Gold Medal for their work at NASA Langley. RELATED: ...
Scientific American

Genetic Discoveries Could Reduce Black Women’s Higher Breast Cancer Death Risk

Black women in the U.S. are close to 40 percent more likely to die of breast cance r than white women and twice as likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 40. The disparity adds to ...