More Ideas for Women Chemists

In September, C&EN published an adaptation of a speech that I delivered at the Women Chemists Committee luncheon in August at the ACS national meeting in Boston. In that speech, titled "The Challenges for Women Chemists in the New Millennium," I reviewed data for the past 30 years o­n women in chemistry, including degrees granted, employment status, and salaries (C&EN, Sept. 21, page 43).

The questions posed were these: How much has changed for women chemists in the past three decades? How much has the salary gap been narrowed? How much progress has been made in breaking through the glass ceiling at universities and in corporate boardrooms? Can women chemists, especially those with children, really balance a personal life with a professional life? Are things really better? And what are the prospects for the new millennium? Is it business as usual? What can each of us do to make a difference?

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