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I was really desperate. I dont know if you can remember back that

I was really desperate. I dont know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didnt want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didnt mince their words. But then I got in and I got my degree. – Shannon Lucid

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When I got my PhD, it was a time when there were just no jobs for PhDs. Period. PhDs were getting the lowest paid technician jobs, if they were lucky, in any kind of science. – Shannon Lucid

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