After watching the funny and enlightening interview with Karen, Janet, and Lynn, the three first residential African-American students at W&M, my group started investigating the academic spaces these women used while students. Karen studied science at W&M, and hearing her negative experiences with the chemistry department struck a chord with me as a woman who is also studying science. Karen mentioned a couple of examples of negative encounters she had with chemistry professors and other staff in that building in which she endured racist and sexist comments. Those stories really resonated with me because I have also encountered sexism as a woman pursuing a career in science, so that made me even more motivated and excited to help share the stories of the Legacy 3.
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