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Scientist and Administrator, Antoinette Rodez Schiesler (Verheyden-Hilliard, Mary Ellen. American Women in Science Biography.)
Scientist and Administrator Antoinette Rodez Schiesler - Verheyden-Hilliard, Mary Ellen. American Women in Science Biography. Author:Mary Ellen Verheyden-Hilliard This is a true story of an African American girl who grew up in single-parent family in a Connecticut housing project. "Toni," as her friends called her, said she hated math but her mother encouraged her until she began to achieve. Toni entered a convent when she was just 18 but continued her education earning a doctorate in chemistry. She left ... more »the religious life after many years of teaching and became Director of Research at Vilanova University helping other young women to develop an interest in science.« less