Metamorphosis
Subtitle: a scientist's story
By: Glen Metcalf
Publisher: Wayfarer, an imprint of The Cuba Press
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780995115477
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Medical scientists; Biography; Medical research personnel; Women medical scientists
Description: Metamorphosis is the story of one woman's transformation from a traditional Kiwi housewife of the 1950s into an internationally known scientist. Born in 1926, married at 21 and a mother shortly after, Glen Metcalf's life changed when at age 35 she met Dr Donald Beaven, the founding professor of the Christchurch School of Medicine. It was at his Medical Unit that she metamorphosed into a scientist engaged in biomedical research, developing an interest in hormonal changes in the reproductive cycle of women and presenting her work around the world. A keen walker all her life, retirement saw Glen become a DOC volunteer and environmental campaigner, which included taking a wind-farm objection to the Environment Court. She is a prolific letter writer, to family and the newspapers, and Metamorphosis rings with her keen observations, restless intelligence and passion for living.
Notes: Autobiography.

Includes letters published in the Christchurch press: pages 302-309.

"There has been a revolution in women's lives in the ninety years since I was born. We have emerged from a stultifying era when we were chattels of men into an age when even the most powerful positions in New Zealand are open to women. I have lived through stirring times.The story of one woman's transformation from a traditional Kiwi 'housewife' of the 1950s into a Career Fellow of the New Zealand Medical Research Council."--https://thecubapress.nz/shop.

Includes bibliography of Metcalf's scientific publications (pages 295-301) and index.