Elizabeth Scarborough is Associate Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York, Fredonia.

Lauren Furumoto is Professor of Psychology at Wellesley College.

Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: The Difference Being a Woman Made
1. The Quest for Graduate Education: Mary Calkin's Contest with Harvard University
2. The Family Claim: Ties that Bound Milicent Shinn
3. The "Intolerable Choice:: Ethel Puffer's Struggle with the Marriage Versus Career Dilemma
4. Meritocracy in Science: Margaret Flay Washburn's Use of the Myth
5. "A Little Hard on Ladies":Christine Ladd-Franklin's Challenge to Collegial Exclusion
Part II: Collective Portrait of the First Generation
6: Origins, Education, and Life-Styles
7: Careers and Contributions
8: To the Present
Appendix A. Cameo's Portraits of Selected Women
- Kate Gordon Moore
- Lilian Jane Martin
- Naomi Norsworthy
- Francis Hall Rousmaniere Dewing
- Theodate Louise Smith
- Helen Bradford Thompson Woolley
Appendix B. Published Sources of Biographical Information
Notes
References
Index