However, her mother and grandmother both dissuaded her from pursuing science, since they believed that women's brains were not physically capable of understanding complex scientific concepts in the way that men's brains could.
Мать и бабушка отговаривали её от занятий наукой, так как были убеждены, что женский мозг не предназначен для понимания сложных научных концепций, в отличие от мужского.