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

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"In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted to discriminating against women on its faculty, forcing institutions across the country to confront a problem they had long ignored: the need for more women at the top levels of science. Written by the journalist who broke the story for The Boston Globe, The Exceptions is the untold story of how sixteen highly accomplished women on the MIT faculty came together to do the work that triggered the historic admission"--

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Hopkins, Nancy
Hopkins, Nancy -- (Nancy H.)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- History -- 20th century
Sex discrimination against women
Sex discrimination against women -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
Sex discrimination in employment
Sex discrimination in employment -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
Sex discrimination in higher education
Sex discrimination in higher education -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
Sex discrimination in science
Sex discrimination in science -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
Sexism in higher education
Sexism in higher education -- United States
Sexism in science
Sexism in science -- United States
Women college teachers
Women college teachers -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Biography
Women scientists
Women scientists -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Biography

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