Women in Biology Internet Launch Pages (www.womenbio.net)

home page: Welcome!

About this site: It provides a starting point for finding information for biologists who happen to be women. It is a list of bookmarks to the ample original content already available on the web. Many of the links are aimed towards women who are graduate students, postdocs, or more senior scientists, but there are also sites relevant to undergraduates or even high school students who may be contemplating a career in biology.

These are intended to help women biologists with practical aspects of busy professional lives, and to provide food for thought in those quieter moments. You will find the history of women in science, aspects of science education, an extensive list of career resources for PhDs, postdocs, and beyond, and of course, information about the specific challenges women face in a sometimes chilly climate.

• This page contains the index/sitemap, and some the directory of recent additions.
• Navigation: Start with the index/sitemap on this page. The main collection of links is now divided amongst 8 pages for faster loading. The buttons at left can be used to navigate between major topics on different pages. Sub-topics are listed at the left margin of each section. Several pages have more than one section.
• Direct quotations are in color.
• See our list of awards, and some words to live by. Comments? let me know what you think at forsburg AT U S C DOT E D U.
• San Diegans: join me in support of the San Diego AWIS chapter.

Recent additions

• You can now reach this page using the URL www.womenbio.net
• Reminder: recent studies from the NAS, NAP, NSF are on the reports page
• Is the gap more than gender? (PDF). Men with traditional attitudes about gender roles earned $11,930 more a year than men with egalitarian views and $14,404 more than women with traditional attitudes. Argues that the gap is not a result of career choice.May need subscription.
• Where are they now? (PDF). from Science magazine. May need subscription. 17 years after starting their PhD at Yale, 2/3 of the students are not in academe. Men are more likely to have high-powered med school (academic) or supervisory (non-academic) jobs than women.
• Too many rungs on the ladder? from the American Council on Education (PDF) suggests that the pool of potential leaders in the junior faculty is shrinking, and women and minorities are particularly under-represented.
• Reality Check: "You never told me that in science, men assume IÕm stupid."
• Bias Literacy: the evidence for bias against women in science and how to read it
• Top ten things men can do to support women in science

You cannot take anything personally. You cannot bear grudges. You must finish the day's work when the day's work is done. You cannot get discouraged too easily. You have to take defeat over and over again and pick up and go on. Be sure of your facts. Argue the other side with a friend until you have found the answer to every point which might be brought up against you. Women who are willing to be leaders must stand out and be shot at. More and more they are going to do it, and more and more they should do it.
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1936

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes."
Clare Boothe Luce