PhD Coaching Blog — Women PhDs

In honour of International Women's Day, I'm posting this tribute to the women who are working on a doctoral thesis whilst juggling dozens of other responsibilities and demands.  If you're one of those, I salute you. Often the thesis writing for these candidates is done in stolen precious moments at the end of the day, or waiting for a bus, or in stolen breaks in the the office.  Even women who are full-time students still have to find time for research and personal writing in the midst of lab work, writing journal articles, or attending meetings with advisors. And then...

I'm proud to remember the woman who has gone down in history as the first to earn a PhD in 1678: Elena Comaro Piscopia. We've come a long way!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Cornaro_Piscopia