This is my first editorial for Elements. When pondering over my own list of interesting topics, I was surprised that several people insisted I should write on their idea, "Women in Science." Learning my place as a girl has been an issue from my earliest memory, but it is not something I think about every day. One assumes we live in a more equal world now. However, the mere fact that people think I should write about it makes it clear that it still is an issue and maybe deserves more thought. But can I say anything new? I wonder... One could hope it was otherwise by now. Feminism and I grew up in the same years. When I was in Grade 5, women were beginning to demand a place in the work force. Even if I could skate better than any of the boys, the teacher responsible for the school ice hockey team taught me my place was not there. When I was in high school, women protestors burned their bras.
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