CHEM LIB
Women have long had little to do with the field of chemistry beyond dissolving coffee crystals in HO, say, or oxidizing strips of bacon by placing them on a heat-conductive surface. Photosynthesis generally meant reorganizing the family snapshot album. But opportunities have expanded. According to a study by the American Chemical Society, women graduates in chemistry now get better salary offers than their male classmates. In 1979 the median starting salary of women with a bachelor's degree in chemistry was $15,600, compared with $15,000 for men. For women who specialized in chemical engineering, the median starting salary was $20,000, vs....
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