
The Exceptions
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The remarkable untold story of how a group of sixteen determined women used the power of the collective and the tools of science to inspire ongoing radical change. This is a triumphant account of progress, whilst reminding us that further action is needed.
These women scientists entered the work force in the 1960s during a push for affirmative action. Embarking on their careers they thought that discrimination against women was a thing of the past and that science was a pure meritocracy. Women were marginalized and minimized, especially as they grew older, their contributions stolen and erased.
Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who broke the story in 1999 for The Boston Globe, when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology made the astonishing admission that it discriminated against women on its faculty, The Exceptions is an intimate narrative which centres on Nancy Hopkins - a surprisingly reluctant feminist who became a hero to two generations of women in science.
In uncovering an erased history, we are finally introduced to the hidden scientists who paved the way for collective change.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- A Note on Names and Language
- Prologue
- Part 1
- Chapter 1: An Epiphany on Divinity Avenue
- Chapter 2: The Choice
- Chapter 3: An Immodest Proposal
- Chapter 4: At the Feet of Harvard's Great Men
- Chapter 5: Bungtown Road
- Chapter 6: "Women, Please Apply"
- Chapter 7: The Vow
- Part 2
- Chapter 8: "We Should Distance All Competitors"
- Chapter 9: Our Millie
- Chapter 10: The Best Home for a Feminist
- Chapter 11: Liberated Lifestyles
- Chapter 12: Kendall Square
- Chapter 13: "This Slow and Gentle Robbery"
- Chapter 14: "Fodder"
- Chapter 15: Fun in Middle Age
- Chapter 16: Three Hundred Square Feet
- Chapter 17: MIT Inc.
- Part 3
- Chapter 18: Sixteen Tenured Women
- Chapter 19: X and Y
- Chapter 20: All for One or One for All
- Chapter 21: "The Greater Part of the Balance"
- Epilogue
- The Sixteen
- Photographs
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Sources
- About the Author
- Notes
- Index
- Copyright
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