Publication

2020 - Simon & Schuster

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781501181283
  • ISBN-101501181289
  • OCLC Control Number1164730111
  • Better World Books9781501181283
  • Open LibraryOL29837917M

Classifications

  • LCCQ143.C615 A3 2020eb

Description

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

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Lab of One's OwnSimon & Schuster2020

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