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The most powerful determinant of whether a woman goes on in science might be whether anyone encourages her to go on.

~Eileen Pollack

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I think women need to hear more encouragement in any field, because I see it - I teach creative writing. And even though it's mostly women in the room, they're not often - or they didn't used to be the ones who went on to publish books. I know this sounds like a tautology, but encouragement is the key.

~Eileen Pollack

Topics: Any Because Books Creative Creative Writing Encouragement Even Field Hear Key Know Like More Mostly Need Often Publish Room See Sounds Teach Think Though Used Who Women Writing I Think I See

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If you're the only anything in the room, you're going to feel so self-conscious of your right to be there.

~Eileen Pollack

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If there's a stereotype that you're not supposed to be good at something, that still gets so badly in your way of concentrating.

~Eileen Pollack

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If you're a white male growing up in this society, you're constantly receiving encouragement to go on in science in the form of all the images that you're receiving.

~Eileen Pollack

Topics: Constantly Encouragement Form Go Growing Growing Up Images Male Receiving Science Society Up White You

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All the societal pressures that make girls feel as if they're too smart, especially in the sciences - 'No one will date them. They won't be popular.' - don't apply to boys. The boys are being encouraged.

~Eileen Pollack

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Wandering the book fair at AWP is a great way to get acquainted with a wide sampling of the diverse journals that are out there and the wide sampling of people who produce them.

~Eileen Pollack

Topics: Acquainted Book Diverse Fair Get Great Great Way Journals Out People Produce Sampling Them Wandering Way Who Wide

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The truth is, the less a subject had to do with the visible world, the more talented I was at solving problems.

~Eileen Pollack

Topics: Had Less More Problems Solving Subject Talented Truth Truth Is Visible World

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I was nearly as far behind in calculus as I was in physics. But I wasn't the only woman in the class, so I felt more comfortable asking questions.

~Eileen Pollack

Topics: Asking Asking Questions Behind Calculus Class Comfortable Far Felt More Nearly Only Physics Questions Woman

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As a physics major at Yale in the 1970s, I developed crushes on nearly all my male professors.

~Eileen Pollack

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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