• The "Relentlessly Positive" Yvonne Young Clark – A Conversation with Carol Lawson

  • Oct 27 2022
  • Length: 32 mins
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The "Relentlessly Positive" Yvonne Young Clark – A Conversation with Carol Lawson

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  • A companion interview to Season 3 of Lost Women of Science, this episode is about the trailblazing mechanical engineer Yvonne Young "Y.Y." Clark.  Katie talks with Y.Y,'s daughter, Carol Lawson, about what it was like to be the daughter of such a brilliant -- and pragmatic -- woman.

    YY has been nicknamed “The First Lady of Engineering,” because of her groundbreaking achievements as a Black female mechanical engineer. Season 3 of Lost Women of Science traces her trajectory, from her unconventional childhood interest in fixing appliances to civil rights breakthroughs in the segregated South; from her trailblazing role at historically Black colleges and universities to her work at NASA. What can YY teach us about what it means to be the first in a scientific field, especially as a Black woman in America?

    In this episode, Carol talks about what Y.Y. was like as a mom, Y.Y.'s role model of a marriage, her penmanship standards, and her 1968 Firebird.


    Composer:  Andrea Perry

    Artist: Traci Mims

    Our Mothers Ourselves is a production of Odradek Studios in San Francisco
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