You're the second person to link me to this. Interesting! I do think going to an all-girls school was an advantage; our most popular A' level (16-18 yrs) classes were physics & maths+stats, and my (male) chemistry teacher encouraged me in my interest in physical chemistry. Once I got to (male-dominated) university, though, the almost exclusively male lecturers/supervisors were largely discouraging. (I remember it was my second year before I got a single female lecturer.)
I guessed you were from the U.K.! (The "lecturer" terminology was a tip-off.)
I went to co-ed schools, but my late mother (1931-1995) was a microbiologist/toxicologist, and she got her masters and doctoral degrees when we were old enough to remember her working on classes and papers. She also faced sexism and agism in getting jobs, so I had pretty realistic ideas about women in the sciences.
What do Americans call lecturers? Is everyone a professor?
Interesting to hear about your mother (I was formerly a virologist, long long ago). I was the first member of my family to take a university degree, and the only pure scientist, so I was going it alone to some extent, though my school was very supportive.
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Date: 2013-10-06 12:55 am (UTC)ETA: I'm from the UK, by the way.
Women in Science?
Date: 2013-10-08 06:15 pm (UTC)I guessed you were from the U.K.! (The "lecturer" terminology was a tip-off.)
I went to co-ed schools, but my late mother (1931-1995) was a microbiologist/toxicologist, and she got her masters and doctoral degrees when we were old enough to remember her working on classes and papers. She also faced sexism and agism in getting jobs, so I had pretty realistic ideas about women in the sciences.
Re: Women in Science?
Date: 2013-10-09 12:26 am (UTC)Interesting to hear about your mother (I was formerly a virologist, long long ago). I was the first member of my family to take a university degree, and the only pure scientist, so I was going it alone to some extent, though my school was very supportive.