Why Have So Many Women Scientists Been Overlooked by History?
Uncovering the hidden legacies of groundbreaking female scientists didn’t used to be on Amy Scharf’s agenda. But, 10 years ago, Scharf — a bioethicist and clinical ethics consultant at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC — had a revelatory conversation with the mother of a close friend.
The mother shared an emotional account of her mentor at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, an extraordinary woman who’d guided her career while she was a struggling immigrant. This mentor also made a monumental discovery: cystic fibrosis. Scharf was floored...
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