A Lab of One's Own
Subtitle: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: Aug 04, 2020
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781501181276
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
Notes: Source title: A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science