Motherhood, the elephant in the laboratory
Subtitle: women scientists speak out
By: edited by Emily Monosson
Publisher: ILR; University Presses Marketing [distributor]; ILR Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y; Bristol
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801476693
Subjects: Motherhood; Working mothers; Women scientists; Family relationships; Biography; Work and family
Description: "Emily Monosson has brought together thirty-four women scientists from over-lapping generations and several fields of research to share their experiences. The authors of the candid essays written for this groundbreaking volume reveal a range of career choices: the authors work part-time and full-time; they opt out and then opt back in; they become entrepreneurs and job share; they teach high school and have achieved tenure. Their stories not only show the many ways in which women can successfully combine motherhood and a career in science but also address and redefine what it means to be a successful scientist." - Provided by publisher
Notes: Originally published: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments --; title: Introduction -- -- Section I.; title: 1970s --; title: Balancing Family and Career Demands with 20/20 Hindsight  -- Aviva Brecher; title: Extreme Motherhood: You Can't Get There from Here  -- Joan S. Baizer; title: Careers versus Child Care in Academia  -- Deborah Ross; title: Identities: Looking Back over Forty Years as a Social Scientist, Woman, and Mother  -- Marilyn Wilkey Merritt; title: Costs and Rewards of Success in Academia, or Bouncing into the Rubber Ceiling  -- Marla S. Mclntosh; title: One Set of Choices as a Mom and Scientist  -- Suzanne Epstein -- Section II.; title: 1980s --; title: Three Sides of the Balance  -- Anne Douglass; title: The Accidental Astronomer  -- Stefi Baum; title: At Home with Toxicology: A Career Evolves  -- Emily Monosson; title: Geological Consulting and Kids: An Unpredictable Balancing Act?  -- Debra Hanneman; title: Career Scientists and the Shared Academic Position  -- Carol B. de Wet -- Section III.; title: 1990s --; title: Less Pay, a Little Less Work  -- Heidi Newberg; title: Reflections of a Female Scientist with Outside Interests  -- Christine Seroogy; title: Part-Time at a National Laboratory: A Split Life  -- Rebecca A. Efroymson; title: The Eternal Quest for Balance: A Career in Five Acts, No Intermission  -- Theresa M. Wizemann; title: Reflections on Motherhood and Science  -- Teresa Capone Cook; title: The Benefits of Four-Dumbbell Support  -- Catherine O'Riordan; title: Extraordinary Commitments of Time and Energy  -- Deborah Harris; title: Finding My Way Back to the Bench: An Unexpectedly Satisfying Destination  -- A. Pia Abola; title: Mothering Primates  -- Devin Reese; title: Finding the Right Balance, Personal and Professional, as a Mother in Science  -- Gayle Barbin Zydlewski; title: What? I Don't Need a PhD to Potty-Train My Children?  -- Nanette J. Pazdernik; title: Variety, Challenge, and Flexibility: The Benefits of Straying from the Narrow Path  -- Marguerite Toscano; title: The Balancing Act  -- Kim M. Fowler; title: Juggling through Life's Transitions  -- Cal Baier-Anderson; title: Having It All, Just Not All at the Same Time  -- Andrea L. Kalfoglou -- Section IV.; title: 2000s --; title: Exploring Less-Traveled Paths  -- Deborah Duffy; title: Standing Up  -- Gina D. Wesley-Hunt; title: Because of Our Mom, a True Rocket Scientist  -- Elizabeth Douglass / -- Katherine Douglass; title: On Being What You Love  -- Rachel Obbard; title: Parsimony Is What We Are Taught, Not What We Live  -- Sofia Katerina Refetoff Zahed; title: Role Models: Out with the Old and In with the New  -- Marie Remiker; title: Pursuing Science and Motherhood  -- Kimberly D'Anna; title: Conclusion --; title: Contributors