"Take that, Lawrence H. Summers!"
So begins
an item from The Telegraph of Calcutta, India.
I reproduce it here to make a couple of points:
"Take that, Lawrence H. Summers! Four months after the Harvard University president started a debate on whether women had the right stuff for science, the National Academy of Science has chosen a record number of women scientists among the 72 invited to join the academy. The 19 female members account for 25 per cent of the new members. The number, however, isn't a reaction to Summers' speech. Members selected this year's class by secret ballot last September."
One, it's amazing the resonance the Summers controversy still has, and how far it has reached.
And two, this particular piece of journalism is actually quite unfair. It starts by referencing Summers...and ends by saying it has nothing to do with Summers. But now, whenever there's anything in the media having to do with women's accomplishments, Summers is the anti-reference point.
