Beating the Odds: Winning Strategies of Women in STEM

Introduction

This book chronicles the experiences of technical women in the workplace. The stories of these women are different and include many more challenges than those of women in other roles. People in all kinds of organizational positions who identify as women—from marketing to sales to HR to finance—have workplace challenges. They are often in the minority and experience bias, both conscious and unconscious. But the career of a technical woman adds a twist: she is almost always the “only woman in the room” and often feels isolated and discouraged in an environment dominated by men. Many of these obstacles don’t manifest when they embark on a career or enter higher education. They start in grade school.

Those facts and the stories behind ...