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Eleanor is athletic. It comes in handy when she's working in remote places. |
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Even today, girls face challenges. When most people think of scientists, they
think of men. Women scientists in the United States are still a minority. I was very lucky when I was young. My parents, teachers, and counselors were
always careful to encourage me to pursue any career that I wanted: scientist, doctor, or lawyer.
But there was one thing that was an obstacle: participating in sports. When I was a girl, the most extreme sport for girls was basketball. I wanted to run.
To do this I had to join the boys' running team, but that didn't stop me. I was the only girl on the team, and boys would huff and puff trying to beat me
in races. When I won, many of the boys felt badly because a girl had beaten them.
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