Hargittai M. Women Scientists: Reflections, Challenges, and Breaking Boundaries

Oxford University Press, 2015. - 363 p.
Magdolna Hargittai uses over fifteen years of in-depth conversation with female physicists, chemists, biomedical researchers, and other scientists to form cohesive ideas on the state of the modern female scientist. The compilation, based on sixty conversations, examines unique challenges that women with serious scientific aspirations face. In addition to addressing challenges and the unjustifiable underrepresentation of women at the higher levels of academia, Hargittai takes a balanced approach by discussing how some of the most successful of these women have managed to obtain professional success and personal happiness.
Women Scientists portrays scientists from different backgrounds, different geographical regions - eighteen countries from four continents - and leaders from a variety of professional backgrounds, including eight Nobel laureate women. The book is divided into three sections: "Husband and Wife Teams," "Women at the Top," and "In High Positions." Hargittai uses her own experience to introduce her first section on the lives of prominent scientific couples and addresses the joys and disadvantages of husband and wife teams. The second section is a comprehensive exploration of the struggles and triumphs of "women at the top." Hargittai introduces women from countries where relatively little has been written about female scientists. The final section focuses on women scientists involved with science administration and leadership. Hargittai's biographical sketches role models for budding scientists. The book is a much needed account of female presence and influence in the sciences.Husband and Wife Teams
The Curie “Dynasty”.
Gerty and Carl Cori.
Ilona Banga and Jyzsef Baly.
Rita and John W. Cornforth.
Jane M. and Donald J. Cram.
Mildred and Gene Dresselhaus.
Gertrude Scharff and Maurice Goldhaber.
Isabella and Jerome Karle.
Eva and George Klein.
Sylvy and Arthur Kornberg.
Militza N. Lyubimova and Vladimir A. Engelhardt.
Ida and Walter Noddack.
Further Comments.
At the Top
Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
Yvonne Brill.
Mildred Cohn.
Gertrude B. Elion.
Mary Gaillard.
Maria Goeppert Mayer.
Darleane C. Hoffman.
Vilma Hugonnai.
Frances Oldham Kelsey.
Olga Kennard.
Reiko Kuroda.
Nicole M. Le Douarin.
Rita Levi-Montalcini.
Jennifer L. McKimm-Breschkin.
Anne McLaren.
Christiane Nuesslein-Volhard.
Sigrid Peyerimhoff.
Miriam Rothschild.
Vera C. Rubin.
Margarita Salas.
Myriam P. Sarachik.
Marit Traetteberg.
Chien-Shiung Wu.
Rosalyn Yalow.
Ada Yonath.
Irina P. Beletskaya.
Rakhil Kh. Freidlina.
Elena G. Galpern.
Irina G. Goryacheva.
Antonina F. Prikhotko.
Charusita Chakravarty.
Rohini Godbole.
Shobhana Narasimhan.
Sulabha Pathak.
Riddhi Shah.
Shobhona Sharma.
Vidita Vaidya.
Further Comments.
Sezer Şener Komsuoğlu.
Gülsün Sağlamer.
Ayhan Ulubelen.
In High Positions
Catherine Bréchignac.
France A. Cordova.
Marye Anne Fox.
Kerstin Fredga.
Claudie Haigneré.
Helena Illnerová.
Chulabhorn Mahidol.
Pamela Matson.
Kathleen Ollerenshaw.
Marianne Popp.
Maxine F. Singer.
Natalia Tarasova.
Shirley M. Tilghman.
Final Thoughts.