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Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory: Women Scientists Speak Out

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Edited by Emily Monosson


An ILR Press Book / Cornell University Press
HB 9780801446641
$25.00

May 2008

Half of the undergraduate and roughly 40 percent of graduate degree recipients in science and engineering are women. Those who choose to have children discover the unique difficulties of balancing a professional life with the demands of motherhood. To address this crisis Emily Monosson has brought together 34 women scientists from overlapping generations and several fields of research to share their experiences. These personal stories 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.

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