Clarice Phelps

"For the first 18 years of my career, I was the only Black woman in my field. When I was in the Navy, I was the only Black girl in my division. Afterwards in my lab, I was the only Black woman in the whole facility – and initially they thought I was the janitor."

"You feel like you have to represent your entire race and descend the racial stereotypes … especially in nuclear and radiochemistry."

"I thought about me — as a little girl, desperately looking for someone like me in science who was an inspiration, and it changed my perspective."