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Eileen Pollack: The only woman in the room (2015) 5 stars

"Eileen Pollack had grown up in the 1960s and 70s dreaming of a career as …

Review of 'The only woman in the room' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I found this book through a recommendation in an PLOS Genetics article (journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1005736) which recommends books about scientists who happen to be women (or vice versa) and I wasn't disappointed.

Eileen Pollack merges her autobiography with lots of facts and studies around why science is still a boys' club. The first half or so is largely dedicated to her telling her own story while in the second half she revisits her old teachers and gives the current scientific consensus on the state of gender equality in the sciences.

It's very well written and hopefully may help you think about how to change this, the next time you are sitting in your nearly-male meeting.