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The First Lady of Engineering: Chapter 1

Lost Women of Science

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Isn't It Possible That the University Didn't Want This on the Record?

Wywys family knew that the university of louisville was a segregated school. They worked at municipal the universities, all black undergraduate college. That does not surprise me either. This well educated, civically minded black family is dealing with a rule that says their whip smart daughter, who wanted to be an engineer, was being denied that opportunity solely because she was black. When the young saw an unjust rule, they refused to accept it, and they actively challenged it. And i wish, i wish, if i could live so long, i'd keep on looking.

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