CHAPTER 8. To the Present

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Illustrations IX
4. Preface and Acknowledgments XI
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I. THE DIFFERENCE BEING A WOMAN MADE
7. CHAPTER I. The Quest for Graduate Education: Mary Calkins' Contest With Harvard University 17
8. CHAPTER 2. The Family Claim: Ties That Bound Milicent Shinn 53
9. CHAPTER 3. The "Intolerable Choice": Ethel Puffer's Struggle with the Marriage versus Career Dilemma 71
10. CHAPTER 4. Meritocracy in Science: Margaret Floy Washburn's Use of the Myth 91
11. CHAPTER 5. "A Little Hard on Ladies": Christine Ladd-Franklin's Challenge to Collégial Exclusion 109
12. PART II. COLLECTIVE PORTRAIT OF THE FIRST GENERATION
13. CHAPTER 6. Origins, Education, and Life-Styles 133
14. CHAPTER 7. Careers and Contributions 153
15. CHAPTER 8. To the Present 175
16. Notes 205
17. References 215
18. Index 227