Einstein's Wife: Work and Marriage in the Lives of Five Great Twentieth-Century Women (Paperback)

by Andrea Gabor (Author)

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From Publishers Weekly
The difficulty of reconciling a career with marriage is dramatically illustrated in this study of five pioneering women. Gabor (The Man Who Discovered Quality), formerly a senior editor at U.S. News and World Report and a married mother of two, combines excellent research with lively writing in these portraits of five women married to husbands in the same professional field as their own. In the cases of scientist Mileva Maric (Albert Einstein's first wife) and artist Lee Krasner (painter Jackson Pollock's wife), both women sacrificed time and energy to advance their husbands' careers and provide harmonious domestic atmospheres (despite, in Krasner's case, a frequently drunken and abusive partner). Although the husbands of architect Denise Scott Brown and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer encouraged their wives to pursue their careers, the women were hampered by the sexism rampant in their professions. In a closing interview, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor describes how she balanced the traditional woman's role with a successful judiciary career.
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Gabor provides profiles of five women who have helped the reputations of their spouses as well as achieving their own personal and professional goals. The five biographies focus on women who have achieved that balance between family and career which is so difficult to reach: each carries messages which women and men can apply to their own lifestyles. -- Midwest Book Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (August 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140159932
• ISBN-13: 978-0140159936
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #525,026 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The World is Changing...., May 1, 2001

By	Thomas F. Mcguire (Cave Creek, AZ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

1.0 out of 5 stars Einstein's Wife, June 9, 2009

By	Lettitia M. Fey "lala" (Port Orange) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, informative book, January 7, 2008

By	Klassy Books "Klassybooks" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Einstein's Wife and Other Women of Genius (Hardcover)

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.