ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:Molecular biologist Nancy Hopkins was 19 when she began to meet her destiny. She revisited the story in a book called "The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, And The Fight For Women In Science." But at one point, your main character, Nancy Hopkins, faces a fork in the road. SHAPIRO: You know, the book briefly touches on the progress that MIT made after the report, but I'm curious about the present day. SHAPIRO: That was Kate Zernike talking about her book "The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, And The Fight For Women In Science."

Source: CNN August 21, 2023 22:54 UTC