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Amanda Field
“You have choices and chances.”
March 4, 2013
Bevin Parks
“You get a lot of pushback.”
May 13, 2013
Bonnie Charpentier
“If I hadn’t had a sense of humor, it would have been a lot more difficult.”
April 8, 2013
Carmen Drahl
“I realized I didn’t want my career in chemistry to take the traditional path.”
October 15, 2012
Carolyn Ribes
“If you’re not happy where you are, you need to take stock and do something about that.”
November 8, 2012
Cheryl Baldwin Frech
“You can’t be perfect—you have to let go of that.”
November 5, 2012
Denise Creech
“You never really know what the secret sauce is going to be that brings passion to others in science.”
April 15, 2013
Isabel Escobar
“Act, respond, and let it go, or else your own mind will bring you down.”
May 6, 2013
Joan Brennecke
“If you’re good at what you do, you cannot be denied.”
April 1, 2013
Juana Acrivos
“In science, you have to be very humble.”
November 19, 2012
Judith Iriarte-Gross
“I still wake up mornings and think, ‘I’ve got a Ph.D. in chemistry. How cool is that?’”
April 22, 2013
June Wispelwey
“There are so many firsts in my career, it’s not funny.”
October 8, 2012
Kathryn Lysko
“Competing with men was just part of the game.”
April 26, 2013
Lesley Yellowlees
“Don’t be afraid to aspire to big things.”
October 29, 2012
Linda Wang
“Find any opportunity you can to gain experience doing what you love to do.”
February 11, 2013
Lisa Houston
“Be flexible. You never know where life’s going to take you.”
December 24, 2012
Lucy Eubanks
“Believe in yourself and believe in what you’re doing.”
February 18, 2013
Madeleine Jacobs
“Never take no for an answer.”
October 1, 2012
Maria K. Burka
“Women in chemical engineering are very lucky.”
February 4, 2013
Maria Maccecchini
“We should tell women that they’re people—that they can do the same thing everybody else in the world can.”
December 17, 2012
Marinda Wu
“Whenever I’ve had a challenge, or people say ‘no, you can’t,’ I say ‘why not?’”
May 20, 2013
Mary Shultz
“The story of my life is ‘If you tell me I can’t do it, I do it.’”
February 25, 2013
Marye Anne Fox
“I was very blessed to have people who cared about me and about my career.”
November 26, 2012
Maureen Rouhi
“If I really think about what is the proudest thing of my life, it’s my daughter.”
January 7, 2013
Melanie Szulczewski
“I felt like I had to follow my passions.”
October 22, 2012
Nancy Jackson
“I’m seeing women gain power in the scientific community.”
March 25, 2013
Patti Parziale
“For me it was always about going to work most days and feeling happy with the things I was doing.”
December 31, 2012
Rachael Brady
“If you’re good with language and good with communication, you have something to offer.”
March 11, 2013
Rebecca Guenard
“Seek mentors from a lot of different areas of science.”
March 18, 2013
Ruth Woodall
“I really learned to love chemistry once I was teaching it.”
January 21, 2013
Sarah Mullins
“Nothing is better than a good day in the lab.”
January 14, 2013
Sarah Widder
“I think we’ve come a really long way.”
December 3, 2012
Sharon Haynie
“I was a rare species, but I was still undaunted by the odds.”
January 28, 2013
Zafra Lerman
“Scientists have the responsibility to devote their time to use their science for peace.”
December 10, 2012
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