#RitaColwell

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A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science By | Rita Colwell | Sharon Bertsch McGrayne A riveting memoir-manifesto from the first female director of the National Science Foundation about the entrenched sexism in science, the elaborate detours women have taken to bypass the problem, and how to fix the system. If you think sexism thrives only on Wall Street or in Hollywood, you haven’t visited a lab, a science department, a research foundation, or a biotech firm. Rita Colwell is one of the top scientists in America: the groundbreaking microbiologist who discovered how cholera survives between epidemics and the former head of the National Science Foundation. But when she first applied for a graduate fellowship in bacteriology, she was told, “We don’t waste fellowships on women.” A lack of support from some male superiors would lead her to change her area of study six times before completing her PhD. Buy the copy of the book @ Amazon https://humanengineers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/BR-11.jpg https://tinyurl.com/yefg24tc https://humanengineers.com/a-lab-of-ones-own-one-womans-personal-journey-through-sexism-in-science/?feed_id=10635&_unique_id=60e6dece9c47a