{"product_id":"9781398520035","title":"The Exceptions","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbout The Exceptions By Kate Zernike\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese women scientists entered the work force in the 1960s during a push for affirmative action. Embarking on their careers they thought that discrimination against women was a thing of the past and that science was a pure meritocracy. Women were marginalized and minimized, especially as they grew older, their contributions stolen and erased.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who broke the story in 1999 for The Boston Globe, when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology made the astonishing admission that it discriminated against women on its faculty, The Exceptions is an intimate narrative which centres on Nancy Hopkins – a surprisingly reluctant feminist who became a hero to two generations of women in science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn uncovering an erased history, we are finally introduced to the hidden scientists who paved the way for collective change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JUST BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43217547526259,"sku":"9781398520035","price":155.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/files\/71KIrwv05yL._SL1500.jpg?v=1753440405","url":"https:\/\/readerswarehouse.us\/products\/9781398520035","provider":"Readers Warehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}