Title: The door in the dream : conversations with eminent women in science /
Authors: Wasserman, Elga.
Publisher: Joseph Henry Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Women biologists United States Biography.; Women scientists United States Biography.; Women; Science
Abstract: Biographical profiles of living women members of the National Academy of Sciences, based on a survey and personal interviews. Their stories also provide a window into conditions for women scientists in the United States in the twentieth century.
Contents: Introduction -- A firmament of stars -- New opportunities, traditional expectations -- Finding a niche: women born before 1920 -- Katherine Esau -- Berta V. Scharrer -- Ruth Patrick -- Rita Levi-Montalcini -- Mildred Cohn -- Gertrude B. Elion -- Fiercely independent: women born in the 1920s -- Marian E. Koshland -- Isabella L. Karle -- Esther M. Conwell -- Cathleen S. Morawetz -- Janet D. Rowley -- Mary Ellen Avery -- Elizabeth D. Hay -- Vera C. Rubin -- Caught in a tidal wave of change: women born in the 1930s -- Maxine F. Singer -- Mary-Lou Pardue -- Margaret G. Kidwell -- Myriam P. Sarachik -- P.S. Goldman-Rakic -- Mary K. Gaillard -- Through open doors: women born after 1940 -- Judith P. Klinman -- Joan A. Steitz -- Nancy J. Kopell -- Susan S. Taylor -- Jane Lubchenco -- Pamela A. Matson -- Shared experiences and concerns -- Balancing career and family -- Righting the balance.