We “never” train women in Sydney

de Costa, Caroline M

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04101.x

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I was honoured to be asked by the Editor of the Journal to contribute to the Power of One series — then a little perturbed when I read through examples of previous contributors. They all had such steady career goals and progress. My own pathway seems to have been much more winding and more tempered by personal life experience.

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