PULLMAN, Wash., June 22 -- Washington State University issued the following news release:
At a time of persistent gender gaps in the commercialization of science, women researchers have produced scientific innovations with major impact at Washington State University. This series will profile four of those innovators over the following weeks.
As a highschool student in GreatBritain in the late1970s, Kate Evans faced a system of forking paths.
"Girls did cooking and sewing, and boys did woodwork, metalwork and technical drawing," Evans said. "I said, why can't I do that? I was the first girl to do woodwork, metalwork and technical drawing, not cooking and sewing."
It was not the last time Evans would burst into a boys club. As she entered...