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Elizabeth Scarborough is Associate Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York, Fredonia. Lauren Furumoto is Professor of Psychology at Wellesley College.

Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: The Difference Being a Woman Made 1. The Quest for Graduate Education: Mary Calkin's Contest with Harvard University 2. The Family Claim: Ties that Bound Milicent Shinn 3. The Intolerable Choice:: Ethel Puffer's Struggle with the Marriage Versus Career Dilemma 4. Meritocracy in Science: Margaret Flay Washburn's Use of the Myth 5. A Little Hard on Ladies:Christine Ladd-Franklin's Challenge to Collegial Exclusion Part II: Collective Portrait of the First Generation 6: Origins, Education, and Life-Styles 7: Careers and Contributions 8: To the Present Appendix A. Cameo's Portraits of Selected Women - Kate Gordon Moore - Lilian Jane Martin - Naomi Norsworthy - Francis Hall Rousmaniere Dewing - Theodate Louise Smith - Helen Bradford Thompson Woolley Appendix B. Published Sources of Biographical Information Notes References Index