Women scientists in America : forging a new world since 1972 / Margaret W. Rossiter.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-409) and index.

From "sisterhood" to interest group: learning to lobby -- Taking on academia: tokenism, "revolving doors," and lawsuits to 1985 -- Taking advantage of undergraduate openings: impetus to ever-broadening reforms -- Innovative outreach: expanding girls' options and opportunities -- Using science to fight back: equal opportunity at the women's colleges -- Surviving the "minefields" in graduate school -- Postdoctoral pathways: preparation, holding pattern, or jumping-off point? -- Industrial and self-employment: entering wedges and entrepreneurs -- Federal employment: lawsuits and presidential appointees -- Nonprofit alternatives: speeding up, moving in, on, and even up -- Academia after Rajender: programs, publicity, and pressures -- Taking the scientific societies beyond recognition.