Introduction -- Chemists who work in industry. Dorothy Jean Wingfield Phillips -- Cherlynlavaughn Bradley -- Sharon Janel Barnes -- Sherrie Pietranico-Cole -- Chemists who work in academia. Etta C. Gravely -- Dr. Sondra Barber Akins -- Saundra Yancy McGuire -- Sharon L. Neal -- Chemists who are leaders in academia or organizations. Amanda Bryant-Friedrich -- Gilda A. Barabino -- Leyte Winfield -- La Trease E. Garrison -- Chemists who work for the national labs or other federal agencies. Patricia Carter Ives Sluby, D.H.L. -- Dianne Gates Anderson -- Allison Ann Aldridge -- Latonya Mitchell-Holmes -- Novella Bridges -- Life after tenure denial in academia : a success story -- Next steps.