Layers of Brilliance: The Self You Have to Live With - Episode Five
About this episode
The episode explores Katharine's hidden struggles revealed through her family's artifacts while she made significant contributions in science.
Katharine’s relatives lead the production team to a collection of papers and artifacts stored in a New England storage unit, revealing an inner struggle she kept carefully out of sight – even as she was making history in the laboratory. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
People in this episode
Host: Lost Women of Science
Topics covered
- history
- laboratory
- personal struggle
- family
- science
Keywords
- Katharine
- science history
- personal struggle
- laboratory artifacts
- New England
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