Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory : Women Scientists Speak Out.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section I. 1970s -- Balancing Family and Career Demands with 20/20 Hindsight / Aviva Brecher -- Extreme Motherhood: You Can't Get There from Here / Joan S. Baizer -- Careers versus Child Care in Academia / Deborah Ross -- Identities: Looking Back over Forty Years as a Social Scientist, Woman, and Mother / Marilyn Wilkey Merritt -- Costs and Rewards of Success in Academia, or Bouncing into the Rubber Ceiling / Marla S. McIntosh -- One Set of Choices as a Mom and Scientist / Suzanne Epstein -- Section II. 1980s -- Three Sides of the Balance / Anne Douglass -- The Accidental Astronomer / Stefi Baum -- At Home with Toxicology: A Career Evolves / Emily Monosson -- Geological Consulting and Kids: An Unpredictable Balancing Act? / Debra Hanneman -- Career Scientists and the Shared Academic Position / Carol B. de Wet -- Section III. 1990s -- Less Pay, a Little Less Work / Heidi Newberg -- Reflections of a Female Scientist with Outside Interests / Christine Seroogy -- Part-Time at a National Laboratory: A Split Life / Rebecca A. Efroymson -- The Eternal Quest for Balance: A Career in Five Acts, No Intermission / Theresa M. Wizemann -- Reflections on Motherhood and Science / Teresa Capone Cook -- The Benefits of Four-Dumbbell Support / Catherine O'Riordan -- Extraordinary Commitments of Time and Energy / Deborah Harris -- Finding My Way Back to the Bench: An Unexpectedly Satisfying Destination / A. Pia Abola -- Mothering Primates / Devin Reese -- Finding the Right Balance, Personal and Professional, as a Mother in Science / Gayle Barbin Zydlewski -- What? I Don't Need a PhD to Potty-Train My Children? / Nanette J. Pazdernik -- Variety, Challenge, and Flexibility: The Benefits of Straying from the Narrow Path / Marguerite Toscano -- The Balancing Act/ Kim M. Fowler.

Juggling through Life's Transitions / Cal Baier-Anderson -- Having It All, Just Not All at the Same Time / Andrea L. Kalfoglou -- Section IV. 2000s -- Exploring Less-Traveled Paths / Deborah Duffy -- Standing Up / Gina D. Wesley-Hunt -- Because of Our Mom, a True Rocket Scientist / Elizabeth Douglass and Katherine Douglass -- On Being What You Love / Rachel Obbard -- Parsimony Is What We Are Taught, Not What We Live / Sofia Katerina Refetoff Zahed -- Role Models: Out with the Old and In with the New / Marie Remiker -- Pursuing Science and Motherhood / Kimberly D'Anna -- Conclusion -- Contributors.

The personal stories that comprise Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory not only show the many ways in which women can successfully combine motherhood and a career in science but also address and redefine what it means to be a successful scientist.

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