Amy Hempel she is credited with inventing

she is credited with inventing a groundbreaking technique that involved using human tissue culture rather than laboratory mice to test the effects of potential drugs on cancer cells

She also served on the Illinois State Board of Education and was the first woman in America to head an extensive city school system

Her father

CMB raised a $12 million Series B in May of last year

An outspoken political activist

Amy Hempel she is credited with inventingHempel used to be in that category known as a "writer's writer" critically praised, loved devotedly by fellow authors, and often taught (particularly her near perfect story, "In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried") but not widely read. In fact, several of her early collections of stories were out of print and difficult to find. But with the publication of her Collected Stories a few years ago, there's now no excuse for not reading her. Hempel is