As the historian for the Women Chemist Committee I will be posting about the women chemists of the past and some women who are in the present. As some of you know I am in the process of writing a book about the History of African American women Chemists because as I always say, I am one. No it is not going to be my autobiography! I am awed by the biographiesl of the women in the book so I pulled my autobiography from the book. The goal for the publication of the book is August 2011 and there will be a symposium and book signing at the Denver meeting next August, God willing.
At the Boston meeting I took an oral history of an African American Woman Chemist. Lynda Jordan who was featured in the WGBH video Discovering Women "Jewels in a Test Tube". http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/video/sci7.html It is available by interlibrary loan from many libraries. I gave you the link from the Oregan State Library. You can search for it on World Cat. Lynda was a biochemist and now lives in Boston. Her oral history will be housed at the Chemical Heritage Foundation for historians to research in the future.
I am working on trying to be able to make copies of the video which means I have to get permission from the copyright holder. Also if any of you see this on ebay let me know.
Jeannette Brown
WCC Historian.
