Daniell, Ellen. Every Other Thursday: Stories and Strategies from Successful Women Scientists.(Brief article)(Book review)

Daniell, Ellen. Every Other Thursday: Stories and Strategies from Successful Women Scientists. Yale Univ. Mar. 2006. c.304p. index. ISBN 0-300-11323-4 [ISBN 978-0-300-11323-5]. $27.50. SCI

Part engaging memoir, part career advice, this volume tells the story of "Group," a long-running "professional problem-solving group" of seven women scientists who help each other deal with the challenges inherent in a successful scientific career (e.g., salary discrimination, tenure, managing difficult employees) and provide support for the trials faced in their personal lives. Conceived in the model of radical psychiatry, the group offers a venue for …