![]() ![]() ![]() Mondy's expertise in biochemistry not only reaped a fruitful teaching career that spanned more than four decades and a research career of more than 50 years, both at Cornell, but also took the Cornell professor to 47 countries where she presented papers, worked as a consultant or conducted research. ![]() I hope these pages will inspire others who encounter difficult challenges and obstacles in their lives to keep trying." "Although it may have been more difficult for women to succeed in chemistry 50 years ago, the process still remains challenging. "My purpose in writing this book was to encourage today's young women to pursue science as a career option," says Mondy, now 80. Getting her first degree at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Ark., in 1943 during World War II, Mondy describes how she made her way to becoming a professor emerita of nutrition, food science and toxicology at Cornell University, and traveled the world. You Never Fail Until You Stop Trying: The Story of a Pioneer Woman Chemist (Dorrance Publishing, 2001) starts in the small town of Pocohontas, Ark., where Mondy grew up as the only child of a young widow. How the young woman from the deep South broke into the male-dominated academic world, improving food and nutrition from India and Nigeria to Peru and Poland and becoming an international expert on the common potato, is the focus of her new autobiography. Mondy was usually the only woman in chemistry wherever she went. ![]()
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