Prepared and progressing: Black women in physics

Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 199-218

  Fries Britt, Sharon ^a   Holmes, Kimberly M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84887436764     PISSN: 14793644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-3644(2012)0000012013     Document Type: Article

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