Everyday women break barriers once thought impenetrable in work, in education, and in spirit. A glass ceiling of inequality has long stretched above the heads of females everywhere in the workforce, but there is a slow movement creating better opportunities and limitless possibilities. Women in the Workforce: Doctors, Scientists, and Federal Agents, is dedicated to women everywhere who have risen above disabilities, stigmas, and discrimination to reach for their dreams. It encourages other young girls to reach for their dreams and to never let, I cant, stand in the way of a vocational passion.
Included Films:
Women Are Scientists With Disabilities
Women Are Scientists With Disabilities
Produced: 2006
Length: 23 Minutes
Three women with disabilities talk about their emotional, physical, and developmental struggles to become scientists in fields no one thought possible to conquer in, “Women Are Scientist With Disabilities.” The daily routines of these disabled, female doctors are shown, with interviews discussing what motivates them, how they got into the fields they study, and the research they are currently conducting. Their stories are proof that limitations are not excuses for not trying. As one doctor states, “No matter your state, rich or poor, man or woman, disabled or not, you can succeed in science.”
Women Are Surgeons
Women Are Surgeons
Produced: 2006
Length: 26 Minutes
Christine Lahti, famous actor, who starred in Chicago Hope, introduces young adults to the world of women surgeons. She encourages young girls to find out about science and surgery and to make smart choices at a young age to follow the path to surgery. Interviews with three top female doctors on their work, what inspires them, and how to balance a job they love with a family they can not live without makes, “Women Are Surgeons,” an inspirational, and honest, vocational film for young adults.
Women in Federal Law Enforcement - Profiles
Women in Federal Law Enforcement – Profiles
Produced: 1996
Length: 33 Minutes
Until 1972, women serving in federal law enforcement positions was the exception, not the rule. Women have an indispensable role to play in the criminal justice field and, “Women In Federal Law Enforcement,” enforces this idea. Through interviews with twelve federal law enforcement professionals, including a Secret Service Agent and a pilot, the duties, stereotypes, and opinions of women in law enforcement are expressed. The message is encouraging – telling women and girls not to let the status quo stop them from reaching for their dreams – and the first-hand accounts of duties, realities, and dreams, interesting.
Women Are Pathologists
Women Are Pathologists
Produced: 2006
Length: 30 Minutes
A Young girl learns her sister has cervical cancer and sets out to find the truth of the condition and learns about pathology in the process in, “Women Are Pathologists.” A dramatic account of a woman who has run away from home and the young sister who is trying to help her surrounds the interesting role, and detective like status, of pathologists in disease diagnosis. Female pathologists discuss the field, what motivates them and what options are available for young people as far as work and education. A short review at the halfway mark provides a valuable educational resource.
Women Are Researchers
Women Are Researchers
Produced: 2006
Length: 24 Minutes
Gates McFadden, of Star Trek the Next Generation, introduces the idea that women can break down the barriers of gender boundaries to be whatever they want to be. In, “Women Are Researchers,” three women discuss their jobs as researchers, the struggles, physical limitations, and barriers they overcame to become researchers and contribute to society in meaningful ways. Discusses how research affects their lives, the typical work they face, and the different types of research like clinical, basic, and molecular. Serves as a practical resource for young women interested in science and medical research.
