ABSTRACT
To gain a broader understanding of what it is like now to be a woman in field biology, we interviewed 75 women field biologists and asked them to share their experiences with us. Our interviewees were: Frances C. James, Rosemary Grant, Michelle Pellissier Scott, Marvalee Wake, Jeanne Altmann, Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Julie Denslow, Mercedes Foster, Patricia Wright, Dee Boersma, Martha Crump, Susan Riechert, Jane Brockmann, Ellie Prepas, Sandra Vehrencamp, Anne Pusey, Joan Berish, Margaret Lowman, Lucinda McDade, Melanie Stiassny, Maureen Donnelly, Sue Moore, Nalini Nadkarni, Lynne Parenti, Kathy Winnett-Murray, Janis Dickinson, Debra Moskovits, Gwen Kolb, Judith Bronstein, Robin Chazdon, Rosemary Gillespie, Donna Shaver, Judy Stone, Lora Smith, Patricia Burrowes, Erin Muths, Michele Nishiguchi, Melissa Sparrow-Lien, Karen Lips, Amy Boyd, Evelyn Gaiser, Diane Srivastava, Jennifer Pramuk, Jeanne Robertson, Tiffany Doan, Kate Jackson, Leslie Ruyle, Michelle Carlisle, Priya Nanjappa, Elaine Harvey, Emily Taylor, Lesley de Souza, Madeline Grant-Hoffman, Amanda Subalusky, Jessica Ware, Erin Grossman, Nicole Smolensky, Christine Figgener, Tally Hamilton, Sarah Lemer, Mercedes Burns, Becky Brathal, Claire Ike, Sinlan Poo, Briana Abrahms, Erica Hoaglund, Kate Langwig, Caitlin Nagorka, Jessica Murray, Anjana Parandhaman, Kristina Chyn, Emily Marie Purvis, Mary Jade Farruggia, Dakota Keller, and Sidney Woodruff.
