A society that believed men went to work and did important things- discovered planets, developed products, created laws- and women stayed at home and raised children.” “ were mainly reserved for a patriarchal society founded on the idea that women were less. But her personality is no-nonsense and confrontational and the reaction to her show is unexpected and unconventional. It’s definitely a different feel of a book than Love, Theoretically.Įlizabeth Zott is a chemist, basically denied a doctorate after abuse, fired from her job for getting pregnant, and ends up depressed, putting on a cooking show for all those housewives who just want to get dinner on the table for their husbands. Lessons in Chemistry takes place in the 50s and 60s- a time when women in the workplace did not have equality. And the book I started after this (An Affair of Spies) has a female chemist main character as well. I just finished Love, Theoretically before this which is about a female theoretical physicist. Courage is the root of change- and change is what we’re chemically designed to do.”Īpparently I’m on a ‘women in STEM’ kick.
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