Sylvia Earle On How She Became The First Woman To Be Chief Scientist Of U.S. NOAA TIME
** WATCH VIDEO ** Sylvia Earle On How She Became The First Woman To Be Chief Scientist Of U.S. NOAA TIME: Sylvia Earle is the FIRST woman named chief scientist of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. I came along at a time when women were just beginning to be accepted as competent scientists and engineers Having women on ships was not a particularly welcomed thing The U. S Navy took a long time to allow women Now there are women captains, and you finally see the idea of brain over brawn, even on commercial ships. It was and is about, Can you do the job Are you able Can you handle this machinery But that wasnt always the way Subscribe to TIME What a jagged image we use for women who achieve greatly, defining accomplishment in terms of the barrier rather than the triumph There she is up where the air is thin, where men still outnumber women, but where the altitude is awesome. Our goal withFirstsis for every woman and girl to find someone whose presence i
