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Einstein's Wife and Other Women of Genius

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Since the beginning of the 20th century women have become able to access higher education. Political leadership has also come notably within the reach of women. Yet, most women also elect to be wives and mothers. Although this will always be a difficult balance to achieve, societal changes have made it possible for a woman to take pride and satisfaction as professionals and as family persons. Still, two factors seem critical. The support of an understanding spouse as well as flexibility and planning are essential. This book tells of both failures and success in achieving their goals. The author has carefully chosen five notable women to show the spectrum from failure to success in attainting that balance.

Lettitia M. Fey's comment about the chapter on Mileva Maric (that the author's quoting of conversations between her and Einstein was highly suspect, and an indication of dubious factual integrity) is pertinent. The numerous errors, misconceptions, and tendentious interpretations in that chapter are legion and do not reflect well on Ms Gabor's capacity for dispassionate historical research.

I was skeptical about the factual integrity of this book soon after reading the first chapter. Conversations between Mileva and Albert Einstein during their early encounters with one another quoted "verbatum" were among the highest of suspect considering the impossiblity of such knowlege. Upon further investigation it was found that the source for which Andrea Gabor uses much of her basis is, in better terms, lacking in positive peer review among noteworthy scholars of this subject. I would not use this book as a source of imperical documentation about the life of Mrs. Einstein.

VERY interesting how the women in some famous men's lives gave way to letting the man get all the credit for being something extraordinary - sometimes at the expense of the woman. Very informative history.

This book certainly impacted me. Finding out how these remarkable women achieved full success in their times is not only something which women can gain from, but also men. This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in achieving their goals.

This was a good book to listen to in the car on tape. I learned some history reading this book. I thought all the stories were very interesting and recommend this book for general knowledge. All the women described have been important in history.