Table of Contents:
  • The status of women chemists in academe : an introduction / Janine P. Buckner
  • Women, science, and academia / Virginia Valian
  • Women and academic science : gender, status, and careers / Mary Frank Fox
  • Gender disparity in the training and mentoring of chemists / Susan A. Nolan
  • Institutional barriers for women scientists and engineers : what survey data of NSF Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education (POWRE) and Clare Boothe Luce Professorship awardees reveal / Sue V. Rosser
  • The Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in the Sciences and Engineering / Jane Zimmer Daniels
  • Equal opportunity in chemistry in Germany / Sonja M. Schwarzl
  • Findings from the American Chemical Society Career Continuity Survey : elucidating gender patterns in training and career paths / Cecilia H. Marzabadi
  • Women in academe : an examination of the education and hiring of chemists / Valerie J. Kuck
  • Women leaving science jobs : with special attention to chemistry / Anne Preston.