Motherhood, the elephant in the laboratory : women scientists speak out /

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About half of the undergraduate and roughly 40 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 th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Monosson, Emily (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Working mothers > United States > Biography.
Women scientists > United States > Biography.
Women scientists > Family relationships > United States.
Motherhood > United States.
Work and family > United States.
Mères au travail > États-Unis > Biographies.
Maternité > États-Unis.
Travail et familles > États-Unis.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Motherhood
Women scientists
Work and family
Working mothers
United States
Biographies
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • SECTION I
  • Balancing Family and Career Demands with 20/20 Hindsight
  • Extreme Motherhood You Canâ€?t Get There from Here
  • Careers versus Child Care in Academia
  • Identities Looking Back over Forty Years as a Social Scientist, Woman, and Mother
  • Costs and Rewards of Success in Academia, or Bouncing into the Rubber Ceiling
  • One Set of Choices as a Mom and Scientist
  • SECTION II
  • Three Sides of the Balance
  • The Accidental Astronomer
  • At Home with Toxicology A Career Evolves
  • Finding the Right Balance, Personal and Professional, as a Mother in ScienceWhat? I Donâ€?t Need a PhD to Potty-Train My Children?
  • Variety, Challenge, and Flexibility The Benefits of Straying from the Narrow Path
  • The Balancing Act
  • Juggling through Lifeâ€?s Transitions
  • Having It All, Just Not All at the Same Time
  • SECTION IV
  • Exploring Less-Traveled Paths
  • Standing Up
  • Because of Our Mom, a True Rocket Scientist
  • On Being What You Love
  • Parsimony Is What We Are Taught, Not What We Live
  • Role Models Out with the Old and In with the New
  • Geological Consulting and Kids An Unpredictable Balancing Act?Career Scientists and the Shared Academic Position
  • SECTION III
  • Less Pay, a Little Less Work
  • Reflections of a Female Scientist with Outside Interests
  • Part-Time at a National Laboratory A Split Life
  • The Eternal Quest for Balance A Career in Five Acts, No Intermission
  • Reflections on Motherhood and Science
  • The Benefits of Four-Dumbbell Support
  • Extraordinary Commitments of Time and Energy
  • Finding My Way Back to the Bench An Unexpectedly Satisfying Destination
  • Mothering Primates
  • Pursuing Science and MotherhoodConclusion
  • Contributors

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