Childhood and family life; The environment for women scientists at MIT in the 1970s; The role played by Bell Labs in fostering the development of groups under-represented in science; The difficult environment for women scientists at Cornell in the late 70s/early 80s; Research in condensed matter; Marriage and child-rearing as a women scientist; employment at the University of Chicago; Personal/professional life tradeoffs; Faculty appointment at UW-Madison; The Sterling Hall Bombing and its effects in the physics department; Experiences as chair of the physics department; Faculty hiring and recruitment; Working with graduate students; The environment for women at UW-Madison; Women In Science & Engineering Leadership Institute; UW-Madison?s Spousal Hire Program; The role of honors in one?s academic career; non-academic activities.