Lessons In Chemistry Author Bonnie Garmus On Her Fiercely Feminist Chemist With A Cooking Show
“I chose the early 1960s for two reasons: First, because I felt like I needed some reassurance that things for women have actually improved—and they have—although we still have a long way to go toward true parity and respect,” Garmus says. “But I also set it then because that’s when my mom was a housewife. As I did my research, I was struck by both how limited her choices were and yet how extraordinarily hard she and other women of that generation worked—without pay or recognition....