We still live in a world in which a significant fraction of people, including women, believe that a woman belongs and wants to belong exclusively in the home. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow More Quotes by Rosalyn Sussman Yalow More Quotes From Rosalyn Sussman Yalow My crystal ball or intuition tells me that in the '80s the impact of RIA [radioimmunoassay] on the study of infectious diseases may prove as revolutionary as its impact on endocrinology in the 60s. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow intuition impact balls I wasn't handed college or graduate school or anything else on a silver platter. I had to work very hard, but I did it because I wanted to. That's the real key to happiness. I think unhappy people are those who feel that circumstances are forcing them into a pattern. Happy people are not slaves to the system. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow work happy happiness people I was an early reader, reading even before kindergarten, and since we did not have books in my home, my older brother, Alexander, was responsible for our trip every week to the public library to exchange books already read for new ones to be read. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow library reading brother home I feel it is now my duty to speak to young women, to encourage them to have careers and, particularly, careers in science. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow feel women speak science By seventh grade, I was committed to mathematics. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow grade seventh mathematics committed In the late '30's when I was in college, physics - and in particular, nuclear physics - was the most exciting field in the world. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow late physics college world To primitive man, the sky was wonderful, mysterious and awesome, but he could not even dream of what was within the golden disk or silver points of light so far beyond his reach. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow man light dream sky Man himself is a mysterious object, and the tools to probe his physiologic nature and function have developed only slowly through the millennia. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow man mysterious nature tools For the past 30 years, I have been committed to the development and application of radioisotopic methodology to analyze the fine structure of biologic systems. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow fine development past years Infectious diseases have become less prominent as causes of death and disability in regions of improved sanitation and adequate supplies of antibiotics. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow become antibiotics disability death We still live in a world in which a significant fraction of people, including women, believe that a woman belongs and wants to belong exclusively in the home; that a woman should not aspire to achieve more than her male counterparts and, particularly, not more than her husband. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow woman women home people They told me that, as a woman, I'd never get into graduate school in physics, so they got me a job as a secretary at the College of Physicians and Surgeons and promised that, if I were a good girl, I would take courses there. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow woman good me girl Initially, new ideas are rejected. Later they become dogma if you're right. And if you're really lucky, you can publish your rejections as part of your Nobel presentation. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow your new you ideas The only difference between men and women in science is that the women have the babies. This makes it more difficult for women in science but should not be seen as a barrier, for it is merely another challenge to be overcome. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow challenge women men science I worked for 22 years with Sol Berson. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow worked years I got an assistantship in physics at the University of Illinois, and I tore up my steno books. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow books up university physics Everything's a real passion to me - my children, my family, my work, travel. I don't play tennis, I don't play music, but I have a great time. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow me family music work My point of view is if you want to move up, examine first yourself. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow view yourself you want Some are very hostile if mistakes are pointed out. I'm not. If I make a mistake, I make a mistake. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow mistakes make some mistake There's lots of prejudice, but if you examine yourself, you can make It. Of course, this doesn't make me too popular with some quarters in the women s movement. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow yourself me you women
