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The Resource A lab of one's own : one woman's personal journey through sexism in science, Rita Colwell, PhD, and Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

A lab of one's own : one woman's personal journey through sexism in science, Rita Colwell, PhD, and Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

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  • 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
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eng
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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
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xv, 268 pages
Contents
  • Prologue: Hidden no more
  • No, girls can't do that!
  • Alone: a patchwork education
  • It takes a sisterhood
  • The power of sunlight
  • Cholera
  • More women = better science
  • The anthrax letters
  • From Old Boys' Clubs to Young Boys' Clubs to philanthropists
  • It's not personal-- it's the system
  • We can do it
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9781501181276
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A lab of one's own : one woman's personal journey through sexism in science
Title
A lab of one's own
Title remainder
one woman's personal journey through sexism in science
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Rita Colwell, PhD, and Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
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lab of ones own
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one womans personal journey through sexism in science
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Language
eng
Summary
  • 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
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autobiography
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10909232
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YDX
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1934-
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Colwell, Rita R.
Dewey number
500.82/092
Index
index present
LC call number
Q143.C615
LC item number
A3 2020
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non fiction
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bibliography
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McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch
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True
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  • Colwell, Rita R
  • Scientists
  • Women microbiologists
  • Sexism in science
  • Women in science
  • Sex discrimination in science
  • Colwell, Rita R
  • Women microbiologists
  • Scientists
  • Sex discrimination in science
  • Sexism in science
  • Women in science
  • United States
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one woman's personal journey through sexism in science
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A lab of one's own : one woman's personal journey through sexism in science, Rita Colwell, PhD, and Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-254) and index
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Contents
Prologue: Hidden no more -- No, girls can't do that! -- Alone: a patchwork education -- It takes a sisterhood -- The power of sunlight -- Cholera -- More women = better science -- The anthrax letters -- From Old Boys' Clubs to Young Boys' Clubs to philanthropists -- It's not personal-- it's the system -- We can do it
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on1124524054
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24 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Extent
xv, 268 pages
Isbn
9781501181276
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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(OCoLC)1124524054
Label
A lab of one's own : one woman's personal journey through sexism in science, Rita Colwell, PhD, and Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-254) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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Contents
Prologue: Hidden no more -- No, girls can't do that! -- Alone: a patchwork education -- It takes a sisterhood -- The power of sunlight -- Cholera -- More women = better science -- The anthrax letters -- From Old Boys' Clubs to Young Boys' Clubs to philanthropists -- It's not personal-- it's the system -- We can do it
Control code
on1124524054
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Extent
xv, 268 pages
Isbn
9781501181276
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1124524054

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