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How Nancy Hopkins and her tape measure revealed the extent of sexism in science

When the MIT molecular biologist quantified how much more lab space men were given, she unleashed a US-wide reckoning about how women are held back in academia.
  1. Alexandra Witze
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The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science Kate Zernike Scribner (2023)

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Nature 615, 787-788 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00887-4

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