October 13, 2006
A Steep Hill to Climb
In Germany, women in the sciences face significant obstacles as they work toward senior positions
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and Germany's reunification the following year opened new worlds of possibilities to women who had been sequestered in East Germany. Angela Merkel, then a 35-year-old physicist in Berlin, soon left science and made her way into politics. Last year she became Germany's first female chancellor.
Jutta Engel, another Berliner, was a 25-year-old
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