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SEM 100 - Hope Jahren's Lab Girl: Women in Science

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Hope Jahren on Women in Science

"I'm good at science because I'm not good at listening. I have been told that I am intelligent, and I have been told that I am simple-minded. I have been told that I am trying to do too much, and I have been told that what I have done amounts to very little. I have been told that I can't do what I want to do because I am a woman, and I have been told that I have only been allowed to do what I have done because I am a woman." (Lab Girl, p. 277)

SU Libraries: Selected Resources

Big Dream: Young Women Entering STEM Fields (Video)

This film follows the intimate stories of seven young women who are breaking barriers and overcoming personal challenges to follow their passion in science, math, computing & engineering (STEM) fields.

Through video diaries and verite moments, each of these girls defy the stereotype of what it means to be an over achieving woman in the fields of technology. From small town Iowa to the busy streets of the Middle East, Big Dream immerses viewers in a world designed by the next generation of girls. 90 minutes. Off-campus viewers will be prompted for NetID and password.