A review by devind9bde
Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
5.0
Two take aways:
1. All of these women were supported by at least some of their family, friends and colleagues in their scientific endeavors. Without this support they could not have achieved what they did. In fact those that lacked support in one of these crucial areas failed to win the prize.
2. These women could take criticism without giving up. They kept going on faith alone, on the belief that what they were doing was important. They believed in themselves. Many of them were clearly damaged by the rampant misogyny they were subjected to (who isn’t?) but they faced it as a fact of life and in this way rose to the challenge.
All in all, these short biographies are important for the myths they shatter about women and science.
1. All of these women were supported by at least some of their family, friends and colleagues in their scientific endeavors. Without this support they could not have achieved what they did. In fact those that lacked support in one of these crucial areas failed to win the prize.
2. These women could take criticism without giving up. They kept going on faith alone, on the belief that what they were doing was important. They believed in themselves. Many of them were clearly damaged by the rampant misogyny they were subjected to (who isn’t?) but they faced it as a fact of life and in this way rose to the challenge.
All in all, these short biographies are important for the myths they shatter about women and science.