Barely a day goes by when I don't rely on the technology that Gladys May West pioneered. If that's not worthy of mention then I don't know what is.
Gary Hawkins
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
