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092			_a331.41330974 Zernike
100	1		_aZernike, Kate,
245	1	4	_aThe exceptions : _bNancy Hopkins, MIT, and the fight for women in science / _cKate Zernike.
246	3	0	_aNancy Hopkins, MIT, and the fight for women in science.
250			_aFirst Scribner hardcover edition.
260			_aNew York : _bScribner, _c2023.
300			_axvi, 409 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 371-392) and index.
505	0		_aPart one. An epiphany on Divinty Avenue -- The choice -- An immodest proposal -- At the feet of Harvard's great men -- Bungtown Road -- "Women, please apply" -- The vow -- Part two. "We should distance all competitors" -- Our Millie -- The best home for a feminist -- Liberated lifestyles -- Kendall Square -- "This slow and gentle robbery" -- "Fodder" -- Fun in middle age -- Three hundred square feet -- MIT Inc. -- Part three. Sixteen tenured women -- X and Y -- All for one or one for all -- "The greater part of the balance"
520			_a"In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted to discriminating against women on its faculty, forcing institutions across the country to confront a problem they had long ignored: the need for more women at the top levels of science. Written by the journalist who broke the story for The Boston Globe, The Exceptions is the untold story of how sixteen highly accomplished women on the MIT faculty came together to do the work that triggered the historic admission. The Exceptions centers on the life of Nancy Hopkins, a reluctant feminist who became the leader of the sixteen and a hero to two generations of women in science. Hired to prestigious universities at the dawn of affirmative action efforts in the 1970s, Dr. Hopkins and her peers embarked on their careers believing that discrimination against women was a thing of the past-that science was, at last, a pure meritocracy. For years they explained away the discrimination they experienced as the exception, not the rule. Only when these few women came together after decades of underpayment and the denial of credit, advancement, and equal resources to do their work did they recognize the relentless pattern: women were often marginalized and minimized, especially as they grew older. Meanwhile, men of similar or lesser ability had their career paths paved and widened. The Exceptions is a powerful yet all-too-familiar story that will resonate with all professional women who experience what those at MIT called "21st-century discrimination"-a subtle and stubborn bias, often unconscious but still damaging....[W]e are offered a rare glimpse into the world of high-level scientific research and learn about the extraordinary female scientists whose work has been overlooked throughout history, and how these women courageously fought for fair treatment as they struggled to achieve the recognition they rightfully deserve." --publisher's website.
600	1	0	_aHopkins, Nancy _q(Nancy H.)
610	2	0	_aMassachusetts Institute of Technology _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aSex discrimination against women _zMassachusetts _zCambridge.
650		0	_aSex discrimination in employment _zMassachusetts _zCambridge.
650		0	_aSex discrimination in higher education _zMassachusetts _zCambridge.
650		0	_aSex discrimination in science _zMassachusetts _zCambridge.
650		0	_aSexism in higher education _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSexism in science _zUnited States.
650		0	_aWomen college teachers _zMassachusetts _zCambridge _vBiography.
650		0	_aWomen scientists _zMassachusetts _zCambridge _vBiography.
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