Working Women: Jennie Patrick (1983)

This "Working Women" (6 November 1983) episode of the series Folks (Louisiana Public Broadcasting), focuses on four African American women working in male-dominated professions. In this clip [14:47-20:10], host Rob Hinton (brother of Yolanda "Jinx" L. Hinton '77, SM '80) interviews Dr. Jennie Patrick SCD '79 of Alabama, the first black woman in the United States to earn a doctoral degree in chemical engineering.

 

Timeline: 1980s
School: School of Engineering
Department: Chemical Engineering
Career: Engineering
Object: Video
Collection: Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994, Tuskegee, Women