'Slaughtering this beautiful math': Graduate women choosing and leaving mathematics

Gender and Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-395

  Herzig, Abbe H ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 5644234271     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250042000251506     Document Type: Article

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