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

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	Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory: Women Scientists Speak Out
	by Emily Monosson Sales Rank: 153265	$16.50 At Amazon on 7-2-2008.

*Features* Cover Type: Hard Cover with 264 pages Published by: ILR Press May 2008 Written in: English ISBN 10 Number: 0801446643 ISBN 13 Number: 978-0801446641 Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.9 inches Weighs: 1 pounds *Book Description* A. Pia Abola, San Francisco, California Caroline (Cal) Baier-Anderson, University of Maryland, Baltimore; Environmental Defense Joan S. Baizer, University at Buffalo Stefi Baum, Rochester Institute of Technology Aviva Brecher, US Department of Transportation, Volpe Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts Teresa Capone Cook, American Heritage Academy Carol B. de Wet, Franklin & Marshall College Kimberly D'Anna, University of Wisconsin-Madison Anne Douglass, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Elizabeth Douglass, Scripps Institute of Oceanography Katherine Douglass, George Washington University Deborah Duffy, University of Pennsylvania Rebecca A. Efroymson, U.S. government research laboratory Suzanne Epstein, Food and Drug Administration Kim M. Fowler, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Debra Hanneman, Whitehall Geogroup, Inc. and Earthmaps.com Deborah Harris, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois Andrea L. Kalfoglou, University of Maryland Marla S. McIntosh, University of Maryland Marilyn Wilkey Merritt, George Washington University Emily Monosson, Montague, Massachusetts Heidi Newberg, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rachel Obbard, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, England Catherine O'Riordan, Joint Oceanographic Institutions o Nanette J. Pazdernik, O'Fallon, Illinois o Devin Reese, National Science Resources Center Marie Remiker (pseudonym) Deborah Ross, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Christine Seroogy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Marguerite Toscano, Smithsonian Institution Gina D. Wesley-Hunt, Montgomery College Theresa M. Wizemann, Merck & Co., Inc. Sofia Refetoff Zahed, University of Wisconsin-Madison Gayle Barbin Zydlewski, Cove Brook Watershed Council, Maine; University of Maine About half of the undergraduate and roughly forty percent of graduate degree recipients in science and engineering are women. As increasing numbers of these women pursue research careers in science, many who choose to have children discover the unique difficulties of balancing a professional life in these highly competitive (and often male-dominated) fields with the demands of motherhood. Although this issue directly affects the career advancement of women scientists, it is rarely discussed as a professional concern, leaving individuals to face the dilemma on their own. To address this obvious but unacknowledged crisis--the elephant in the laboratory, according to one scientist--Emily Monosson, an independent toxicologist, has brought together 34 women scientists from overlapping generations and several fields of research--including physics, chemistry, geography, paleontology, physics, among others--to share their experiences. From women who began their careers in the 1970s and brought their newborns to work, breastfeeding them under ponchos, to graduate students today, 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. The personal stories that comprise Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory 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. These valuable narratives encourage institutions of higher education and scientific research to accommodate the requirements of scientists who decide to have children. *Back Cover Copy* "Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory is an engaging, moving, and informative book. It depicts the challenge of combining a career in science with motherhood, using the voices of real women to portray the diversity of possible experiences."--Jo Handelsman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor and Chair, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison "The stories in Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory are captivating and the picture of science as a field was truly sobering. I found myself thinking about the authors' fascinating stories long after I finished reading this book."--Joan C. Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California Hastings College of the Law Back To Top
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