The exceptions : Nancy Hopkins and the fight for women in science
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Sedro-Woolley Library - Adult New | ADULT NONFIC 331.133 ZEMIKE 2024 | Checked out |
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LC Subjects
Biographies.
Hopkins, Nancy -- (Nancy H.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- History -- 20th century.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Officials and employees.
Sex discrimination against women -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- History -- 20th century.
Sex discrimination in science -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge.
Women biologists -- United States -- Biography.
Women college teachers -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge.
Women in science -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- History -- 20th century.
Women scientists -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge.
Hopkins, Nancy -- (Nancy H.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- History -- 20th century.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Officials and employees.
Sex discrimination against women -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- History -- 20th century.
Sex discrimination in science -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge.
Women biologists -- United States -- Biography.
Women college teachers -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge.
Women in science -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- History -- 20th century.
Women scientists -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge.
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Biographies.
Discrimination sexuelle dans les sciences -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Femmes biologistes -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Femmes dans les sciences -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Discrimination sexuelle dans les sciences -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Femmes biologistes -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Femmes dans les sciences -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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xviii, 409 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
Notes
General Note
Includes Book Club reader's guide and a Q & A with Kate Zernicke excerpted from an interview published in Shelf awareness, October 11, 2002.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-392) and index.
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"In 1999, Nancy Hopkins, a noted molecular geneticist and cancer researcher at MIT, found herself underpaid and denied the credit and resources given to men of lesser rank. Galvanized by the flagrant favoritism, Hopkins led a group of sixteen women on the faculty in a campaign that prompted MIT to make the historic admission that it had long discriminated against female scientists. The MIT sixteen were formidable in their respective fields: their work has advanced our understanding of everything from cancer to geology, from fossil fuels to the inner workings of the human brain. And their effort to highlight the inequity they observed would set off a national reckoning with the pervasive sexism in science that continues to this day. Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who broke the story in 1999 for the Boston Globe, The exceptions is the intimate and unforgettable story of Nancy Hopkins--a surprisingly reluctant feminist who became a hero to two generations of women in science." -- Back cover.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Zernike, K. (2024). The exceptions: Nancy Hopkins and the fight for women in science (First Scribner trade paperback edition.). Scribner .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Zernike, Kate. 2024. The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins and the Fight for Women in Science. New York: Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Zernike, Kate. The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins and the Fight for Women in Science New York: Scribner, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Zernike, Kate. The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins and the Fight for Women in Science First Scribner trade paperback edition., Scribner , 2024.
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