According to their "About the Project" page, www.sciencemoms.wordpress.com began as a single post to a list serve with an excerpt and link to a New York Times article about the . It quickly became a forum for discussion of the difficulties (and joys)
According to their "About the Project" page, http://www.sciencemoms.wordpress.com began as a single post to a list serve with an excerpt and link to a New York Times article about the . It quickly became a forum for discussion of the difficulties (and joys) of juggling job and family. The project eventually led to the book, Motherhood, The Elephant in the Laboratory: women scientists speak out published by Cornell University Press in May of this year. It is a collection of essays about science and motherhood written by 34 women scientists.
If this speaks to your situation, I suggest you check out both the book and the website. Let me know what you think.
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