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Author Colwell, Rita R., 1934- author.

Title A lab of one's own : one woman's personal journey through sexism in science / Rita Colwell, PhD, and Sharon Bertsch McGrayne.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
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Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Description xv, 268 pages ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-254) and index.
Contents Prologue: Hidden no more -- No, girls can't do that! -- Alone: a patchwork education -- It takes a sisterhood -- The power of sunlight -- Cholera -- More women = better science -- The anthrax letters -- From Old Boys' Clubs to Young Boys' Clubs to philanthropists -- It's not personal-- it's the system -- We can do it.
Summary A memoir-manifesto from the first female director of the National Science Foundation about the entrenched sexism in science, the elaborate detours women have taken to bypass the problem, and how to fix the system.
Colwell, the first female director of the National Science Foundation, discusses the entrenched sexism in science, the elaborate detours women have taken to bypass the problem, and how to fix the system. When she first applied for a graduate fellowship in bacteriology, she was told, "We don't waste fellowships on women." Over her six decades in science, as she encounters other women pushing back against the status quo, Colwell also witnessed the advances that could be made when men and women worked together. Here she offers an astute diagnosis of how to fix the problem of sexism in science-- and a celebration of the women pushing back.-- adapted from jacket
Subject Colwell, Rita R., 1934-
Scientists -- Biography.
Women microbiologists -- United States -- Biography.
Sexism in science.
Women in science.
Sex discrimination in science.
Sex discrimination in science. (OCoLC)fst01114440
Sexism in science. (OCoLC)fst01114731
Women in science. (OCoLC)fst01177977
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Added Author McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch, author.
ISBN 9781501181276 (hardcover)
1501181270 (hardcover)

 
    
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