Book Review: Women Scientists in America: Forging a New World Since 1972
Author: Margaret W. Rossiter Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar On the cover of this book is chemist Gertrude Elion who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She developed, along with a colleague, many important drugs. After winning the Prize she spoke about her early difficulties. The current book, published in 2011, is Volume 3 on women scientists by Margaret W. Rossiter, who teaches the history of science at Cornell. Her two earlier books on this subject, whose titles are mentioned in her brief profile at the end of this book review,...
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