First review of “The Only Woman in the Room”

Always wonderful when the first review of a new book is positive:KIRKUS REVIEW: The Only Woman In The RoomMy only complaint: makes me feel itchy to think that studying physics in college gave me “physical ticks” as opposed to tics. No wonder no one wanted...

Interview on WGBH’s “Innovation Hub”

Interview on WGBH’s “Innovation Hub” To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Larry Summers’ infamous remarks about why there aren’t more women in science, Eileen was interviewed by Kara Miller. You can read and listen to it here. Note:...

No Love for Lovelace

  For those of you who responded so enthusiastically to my article “Why Are There Still So Few Women in Science?”, which ran in the October 3, 2013, issue of The New York Times Sunday Magazine, I am happy to report that the book-length version will be...

Photos of Pollack’s Hotel, Courtesy of Stacey Mandelbaum

  One of the unexpected benefits of publishing my article on women in science is that I heard from the daughter of a former employee of my grandparents’ hotel. Here’s the message; the photos follow: Hi Eileen, I really enjoyed your article on women in...

Women in Science

Completely overwhelmed by the response I’ve been receiving to my article on why there are still so few women in the hard sciences, math, engineering, computer science … Deeply gratifying on every level, though so upsetting to hear so many stories of...