| Walking Out on the Boys Contributor(s): Conley, Frances K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374525951 ISBN-13: 9780374525958 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: In May 1991, Conley, the first female tenured full professor of neurosurgery in the country, made headlines when she resigned from Stanford to protest the school's unabashed gender discrimination. In this forthright memoir, she tells her controversial story. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Educators - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 4.98" W x 9.08" (0.71 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In May 1991, Frances K. Conley, the first female tenured professor of neurosurgery in the country, made headline news when she resigned from Stanford University to protest the medical school's unabashed gender discrimination. In this controversial, forthright memoir, Conley portrays the world of academic medicine in which women are still considered inferior; she also explains why, as a consequence, the research and treatment of women's health problems lag far behind those of men. In assessing why women's careers and psyches are suffering, Conley provides a first-person look into what it is like to be an accomplished woman within this restrictive medical world, offering invaluable advice to patients and future doctors alike. |
Contributor Bio(s): Conley, Frances K.: - Frances K. Conley is a professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and chief of staff at the Palo Alto Veterans Health Care System. She lives in Woodside, California. |