NOVA 48x6 - Picture a Scientist

Women make up less than a quarter of STEM professionals in theUnited States, and numbers are even lower for women of color.But there is a growing group of researchers who are writing anew chapter for women scientists, exposing longstandingdiscrimination, and leading the way in making science moreinclusive. A biologist, a chemist, and a geologist leadviewers on a journey through their own experiences in thesciences, ranging from outright harassment to years of subtleslights. Along the way, from cramped laboratories tospectacular field stations, scientific visionaries, includingsocial scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists,provide new perspectives on how to make science itself morediverse, equitable, and open to all.