Abstract
Chairman of a major chemistry department at a prestigious U.S. university : It is a rare person who can get on a faculty like this . Young woman chemist being informed that she will not make tenure on that same faculty : I'm not going to let something like this keep me from doing what I want to do—research. I've tried to be like a man; tried not to make waves. I'm very happy to do my work. Just, please, let me do it. I'm not going to see my research and my life go down the drain . Chairman : It takes more than intellect; it takes strong ambition. It's like the problem afflicting people born to great wealth, in a way. They just don't feel great pressure to pursue a career . Woman : It seems I just don't have any credibility in your eyes. There's no precedent for women getting tenure in this department. Nobody ever said how I was doing. I couldn't even get any graduate students to come and talk with me about my work; they were always mistaking me for one of their classmates . Chairman : Women in chemistry m...
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