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

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