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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • She has always been a very gracious person, putting up with her school “allowing” a girl in the science program, even though they weren’t, and putting up with cat calls daily when she entered the lecture hall. When she was interviewed for her discovery, they’d ask him the technical questions and ask her to unbutton her shirt a little lower for pictures.

    And she, still very graciously, has not stuck to that original 70s quote of peace she gave. Examples since then:

    “The picture people had at the time of the way that science was done was that there was a senior man—and it was always a man—who had under him a whole load of minions, junior staff, who weren’t expected to think, who were only expected to do as he said.”

    and

    “In those days students weren’t recognized by the committee”