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

by Emily Monosson

Book Overview

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 these highly competitive (and often male-dominated) fields with the demands of motherhood. Although this issue directly affects the career advancement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801446643
• ISBN13: 9780801446641
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher