Best quotes by Mildred Dresselhaus on Women

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  • I think women benefit from being in places and having positions where the quality of work is the criteria, not what you look like. Not every place is like that.
    - Mildred Dresselhaus
  • Diversity and inclusion of women and underrepresented minorities in science should not affect the way education is handled or research is carried out. So diversity should not be a problem but rather an opportunity to involve a large talent pool.
    - Mildred Dresselhaus
  • When I came to M.I.T. in 1960, only 4 percent of the students were female. Today, it's about 40 percent of undergraduates. At Lincoln Lab, they had 1,000 men and two women. But we had a very good boss, and he treated us just like everybody else.
    - Mildred Dresselhaus
  • I want to try to do something for women in physics worldwide.
    - Mildred Dresselhaus
  • The best thing about having a lady professor on campus is that it tells women students that they can do it, too.
    - Mildred Dresselhaus
  • It's hard for people who come from traditional homes to take women seriously. I do it myself. We're just not used to seeing women professionals. Women have to go out of their way to prove themselves.
    - Mildred Dresselhaus