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Antonia Mills Interview

Interview with anthropologist, Dr. Antonia Mills, for Marianne Ainley’s research project, “Re-explorations: Gender, Science and Environment in the 19th and 20th Century Canada and Australia." The interview was conducted by Ainly’s research assistant Anna-Stina Kjellstrom. Mills talks about her academic career, and her experience researching the culture of the Beaver Indians [Dane-Zaa] in northern BC. She also talks about the differences between Indigenous and Western world views around knowledge.

Margaret Wilson-Bell Interview

Interview with astrophysicist, Dr. Margaret Wilson-Bell, for Marianne Ainley’s research about women scientists in Canada. Wilson-Bell predominantly talks about her research collecting and analyzing data about the sun, and working for the National Research Council. She also explains growing up and attending university in Edinburgh, and how she couldn’t find a job there due to her status as a single woman. Ainley and Wilson-Bell also tell stories about the mixed experience of women in science.

H. E. Lin Interivew

Interview with physicist Dr. H. E. Lin, for Marianne Ainley’s research about women scientists in Canada. Lin discusses her childhood, education, and early career in Taiwan. She also explains the process of moving to Canada with her husband, as well as her teaching and research at the Prince of Wales College (later University of PEI).

Pat Davitt & Anne Roberts Interview

Interview with Pat Davitt and Anne Roberts about two of their late colleagues, Maggie Benston and Kathleen Gough, for Marianne Ainley’s research about women scientists in Canada. They discuss Kathleen Gough’s political activism and academic career in anthropology, including but not limited to, the organizing of an International Women’s Conference in the 1960s with the organization, Voice of Women. Also discussed were Kathleen’s chronic health issues, and her final battle with cancer.

In the second part of the interview, Davitt and Roberts are asked about Maggie Benston, particularly her time working at SFU and the difficulties she faced in the male-dominated chemistry department, and her later work towards starting a women studies program. The interviewees also talk about Maggie’s relationship with her twin sister Marian.

Anne B. Underhill Interview

Interview with astrophysicist, Dr. Anne B. Underhill, for Marianne Ainley’s research about women scientists in Canada. Underhill talks about how she grew up in Vancouver and attended UBC during the 1940s. She goes on to talk about her various positions, including at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and at NASA. They also discuss Underhill’s experience with gender discrimination as a single woman working in an advanced scientific field.

Ursula Franklin Interview

Interview with physicist, Dr. Ursula Franklin for Marianne Ainley’s research about women scientists in Canada. Ainley asks about her perspective on western science, her experience attending university in Berlin during WW2, and the work she did at the University of Toronto and the Ontario Research Foundation. Franklin also discusses about her role in the organization, Voice of Women, in the 1960s and how she balanced being a mother while conducting her academic work.

Andrea Lebowitz Interview

Interview with Andrea Liebowitz, Literature/Women’s Studies professor at Simon Fraser University, for Marianne Ainley’s research about women scientists in Canada. Liebowitz talks about when she first started working as part of the small faculty at SFU, and several of the colleagues she met, particularly Kathleen Gough and Maggie Benston.

Dorothy E. Smith Interview

Interview with sociologist, Dr. Dorothy Smith, for Marianne Ainley’s research about women scientists in Canada. Smith talks about her family and growing up in Yorkshire, England. She goes on to explain how she eventually attended college in order to escape tedious secretary jobs, which led to an academic career in sociology. Smith also discusses moving to the USA and Canada, and working as a single parent. She also touches on her involvement in the women’s movement, working on various women’s associations, including the BC Women Studies Association, and Women’s Research Centre.

Marian Lowe Interview

Interview with biologist and social activist, Dr. Marian Lowe, for Marianne Ainley’s research about women scientists in Canada. They discuss Lowe’s background growing up in a small working class town with her twin sister Maggie Benston. Lowe talks about the pressure of gender roles while growing up, and later the sexism they both faced working in post-secondary institutions, including their interactions with male colleagues and being passed over for positions. Lowe also explains Maggie’s role in the women’s movement and her chemistry research at SFU.

Glenda Prkachin Interview

Interview with neuropsychologist, Dr. Glenda Prkachin, for Marianne Ainley’s research about women scientists in Canada. Prkachin first talks about her background growing up on a farm in Ontario and how her interest in behaviour eventually led to studying psychology. She also discusses her experience working in male dominated lab environments and the kinds of research she has worked on. She also expresses her observations about how certain topics and academic fields of study were/are gendered. Prkachin also explains how having children and working part-time affected her positions and status in universities.

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