Quinn, Helen R.

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Abstract: Helen R. Quinn begins with her childhood growing up in Australia and how that experience, including intellectual discussions with her father and brothers, influenced her in life. Her family moved to the United States when she was college age. Quinn continues with her experiences at Stanford as a student and her decision to pursue a degree in physics. She talks about being a female in a largely male world. She recalls her experiences as a married student and as a post-doctoral fellow in Germany, followed by her experience at SLAC on her return to Stanford. She covers a variety of other topics, including the Paccei-Quinn Symmetry, tenure track issues, family life, women’s issues, salary inequities, her contributions in the field of physics and her awards. She concludes with her work in K-12 science education.

Type of resource	mixed material
Date created	October 17, 2014

Author	Quinn, Helen R.
Contributing author	Waldron, Manjula
Publisher	Stanford Historical Society

Subject	Helen Quinn
Subject	Stanford Historical Society
Subject	oral histories
Subject	interviews
Subject	American Physical Society
Subject	Sidney Drell
Subject	particle physics
Subject	astrophysics

Related item	Title Finding Aid
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/kz220sm1645

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Preferred Citation: Helen R. Quinn (2014). Oral
history. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at:
http://purl.stanford.edu/kz220sm1645

Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2022

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