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Emily Monosson (Ed.) - Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory: Women Scientists Speak Out - 9780801476693 - V9780801476693
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Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory: Women Scientists Speak Out

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Description for Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory: Women Scientists Speak Out Paperback. Editor(s): Monosson, Emily. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8. BIC Classification: PDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.

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 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, and ecology, 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 needs of scientists who decide to have children.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780801476693
SKU
V9780801476693
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About Emily Monosson (Ed.)
Emily Monosson is an independent toxicologist. She lives in Montague, Massachusetts. Visit her blog for Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory at sciencemoms.wordpress.com.

Reviews for Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory: Women Scientists Speak Out
Emily Monosson has edited a very interesting book. She has collected essays written by 34 female scientists on how they managed to combine being a scientist with being a mother. It is regrettable that the subject of this book has continued to be relevant despite many decades of struggle by scientists to find a balance between work and family. The problem remains unsolved. - Alice L. Givan (Industrial and Labor Relations Review) In these heartrending essays, women who are well-trained and well-situated in science detail the compromises they have made in order to raise children and be scientists.... The women who succeed—and there are many in this volume—are those whose partners take an equal share of the responsibility for raising a family and making the household function. (American Scientist) Women trying to squeeze a career and family duties into one 24-hour day will gain much affirmation from this collection of essays. The writers, who all balance science careers and motherhood, provide a fascinating insight into a world too often kept hidden. For those without children it should come with a health warning: the juggling and compromises these women have learned to live with may add up to a sobering reality check for those who still think they can have it all. For some it may prove a powerful contraceptive. (New Scientist)

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