A lab of my own /

A lab of my own /

What was it like to be a woman scientist battling the "old boy's" network during the 1960s and 1970s? Neena Schwartz, a prominent neuroendocrinologist at Northwestern University, tells all. She became a successful scientist and administrator at a time when few women entered science an...

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Main Author: Schwartz, Neena B.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2010.

Series: Value Inquiry Book Series 212.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Schwartz, Neena B.
Women scientists > United States > Biography.
Women in medicine > United States > Biography.
Lesbians > United States > Biography.
Professions > United States > Sociological aspects.
Mentoring in science > United States.

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Call Number: R692 .S36 2010

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • BRINGING THEM WHOLE
  • A BLANK SLATE
  • LIBERTY HEIGHTS
  • GRADUATE SCHOOL IN CHICAGO
  • ENDOCRINOLOGY 101
  • DEFINING MY SCIENCE AND EXPANDING MY LIFE
  • CONFRONTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS
  • CATCHING UP WITH THE BOYS: BECOMING MEMBERS OF THE CLUB
  • INSIDE THE IVORY TOWER
  • BEGINNING AGAIN
  • A LAB OF ONE'S OWN
  • PAY-OFFS
  • WRAPPING UP
  • DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL
  • WOULD SCIENCE BE DIFFERENT IF WOMEN PARTICIPATED EQUALLY?
  • MENTORING: THE GIFT THAT GIVES
  • THE NORTH WOODS: A SAFE HAVEN
  • OUT OF THE LAB
  • FOR FURTHER READING
  • CHRONOLOGY NEENA B. SCHWARTZ
  • THE ENVIRONMENT/BRAIN/PITUITARY/TARGET GLAND AXIS
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • NAME INDEX
  • SUBJECT INDEX
  • VIBS.