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Transcript : (72 leaves) ; 29 cm. |
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Chemical Heritage Foundation Oral history transcript ; 0648.
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Interview conducted by Jeannette E. Brown at National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia. |
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This oral history is one in a series initiated both by the Chemical Heritage Foundation and the Iowa State University Library. |
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The series documents the personal perspectives of women in chemistry, and records the human dimensions of their involvement in academic, industrial, and governmental laboratories during the twentieth century. |
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This project is made possible through the generous support of the Iowa State University Library and its Archives of Women in Science and Engineering. |
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Margaret E. M. Tolbert was born in Suffolk, Virginia at a time when rural Virginia was still very segregated. Her high school had limited resources, but she found excellent mentors and graduated class valedictorian. She decided to attend Tuskegee University for her undergraduate degree, ultimately majoring in chemistry. Though she was the only female student in her class, Tolbert found a community of supportive professors and students with an interest in her well-being. She went on to complete her master's degree in chemistry at Wayne State University and her PhD in Biochemistry at Brown University. After completing her doctorate, Tolbert returned to Tuskegee as a faculty member, but soon took guest research and management positions at the University of Texas, Florida A&M University, and Brown University; she also completed a postdoctorate in Brussels, Belgium. In 1979, she took the opportunity to become the first woman director of the Carver Research Foundation at Tuskegee University. After almost a decade at the Carver Research Foundation, she went to Standard Oil of Ohio on sabbatical. From that point onward, she transitioned permanently to science management positions, working for BP America, the National Science Foundation, Argonne National Laboratory, and the New Brunswick Laboratory. |
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Margaret E.M. Tolbert, interviewed by Jeannette E. Brown at National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia. (Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation, Oral History Transcript 0648). |
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Sound files Science History Institute. |
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Transcript Science History Institute. |
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No restrictions on access. Reproduction and use with permission. Chemical Heritage Foundation. |
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Born in Suffolk, Virginia on 24 November 1943. Education: B.S. Chemistry, Tuskegee Institute (1967), M.S. Analytical chemistry, Wayne State University (1968), Ph.D., Biochemistry, Brown University (1974). Employment: 1969-1976, 1980-1988 Tuskegee Institute ; 1977--1979 Florida A&M University ; 1988-1990 BP American Inc. Research Center ; 1990-1993 National Science Foundation ; 1994-1996 Argonne National Laboratory ; 1996-2002 New Brunswick Laboratory/U.S. Department fo Energy ; 2002- National Science Foundation. |
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Transcript has been indexed. |
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Part or all of this item has been digitized by Science History Institute. |
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Tolbert, Margaret E. M. -- Interviews.
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African American women chemists -- Biography.
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African American women chemists -- Interviews.
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Women chemists -- Biography.
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Women chemists -- Interviews.
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Women in science -- Biography.
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Women in science -- Interviews.
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Oral histories. lcgft
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Interviews. aat
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Brown, Jeannette E. (Jeannette Elizabeth), 1934- interviewer.
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Archives of Women in Science and Engineering (Iowa State University)
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Chemical Heritage Foundation.
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| Alternate Title |
Margaret E.M. Tolbert oral history interview |
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