A Lab of My Own. (Value Inquiry)

An account of her pioneering career in endocrinology, Neena Schwartz, scientist, mentor, feminist, and lesbian, empowers women and gays to enter science. A candid saga of academic life in the closet ending with a coming out story by a Lifetime Mentor of the AAAS. Neena Schwartz wanted to change the world-she did! Adele E. Clarke, Adjunct Professor of History of Health Sciences, UC San Francisco Vibrant views from the full arc of a woman scientist's career; not just climbing a rainbow, but creating it from storms and light, descending toward the gold of shared wisdom under a triple-rainbow of science, love, and womanhood. Martha McClintock, David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor in Psychology, University of Chicago A remarkable description of life spent in academia-research, mentoring, academic politics, the feminist movement-and insight into Neena's personal life rounds out the picture of a true giant of neuroedocrinology in the twentieth century. Jean D. Wilson, Charles Cameron Sprague Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Science, Southwestern Medical Center