this through everything off. it wreak havoc on my tenure clock, psyche coming general finances i will not go into the sob story my friends here know that but need this to say i do have to say i do have a wonderful colleague in the history department two as we speak is that they paid maternity leave i like to think my misery had something to do with it because i was not so quiet but i am not really over what happened to me as a pregnant person at the city university of new york am not sure i will never totally get over it but you do get to 8.one you are tired of failing pissed off and like a victim you want to do something productive for other people. right at about that stage whenever i would do whatever the project would we would be something that we looked at women in a professional cold sure not with victim ology because you get done without how we can get we can change the agenda of the professional culture. . . ook in the
to see what i m saying that the problem is alive and well? it s funny because if you go and look at the statistics and numbers look great. there are tens of women entering science. .. after my friend lots of examples we can find like i was in brussels once for summer school and there was a girl from austria and i said the restrooms are looking sold like maybe 150 years in brussels it was a huge complex. i was surprised and the lady next to me said well, you re glad at least the have a women s restroom. i said what do you mean? she said i m the only woman in whole institute so they don t have a restroom for women. heidi hughes the men s restroom. i was like okay. thank you for sharing that. i feel very who thrilled. i was always thinking behind my mind there should be such a book. i was thinking of writing one myself. [laughter] thank you. you were painting a picture of a historical trend and the influence of a feminist move into the science but then i have diffi