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The exceptions : Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the fight for women in science

Zernike, Kate

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In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) admitted that it had discriminated against senior women faculty, at all levels. Sixteen women, each of whom thought they were the exception to unfair treatment, came together to realize that each of them had been treated unfairly. 

 

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  • Read review by: Sheryn Morris

    When she was a reporter for the Boston Globe Kate Zernike wrote the breaking story that the esteemed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) had discriminated against women faculty, at all levels.  Based on meticulous research this book is an in-depth analysis of what took place and how sixteen women, each...

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