Lady Greenfield also argues that the insecure nature of science research puts women at a disadvantage: most scientists have to make do with temporary research contracts until they secure a fixed position in their thirties and forties; maternity leave provision is limited; and, for those in cutting-edge research, a career break at that stage can leave them way behind their male peers.
When, in 1924, her father died suddenly, leaving small provision for his family, a fairy godmother came to Alicia's rescue.
You might be in the fullest, shiniest health and even have got round to making a will, but that leaves no provision for ending up in limbo, like my father and the many other voiceless thousands who can no longer make decisions for themselves.
Greely was left with provisions for three years but was to expect supply ships in 1882 and 1883.
The assumption is that parents in the wealthier, urban areas will be left to fund provision for their children.
The final straw, he said, was when his father died and his wife's company "didn't consider him a close enough relative to trigger the compassionate leave provision" and pay for his flight home.
Unfortunately, fear mongering and lobbying by the pharmaceutical industry for "rationed care" convinced the Senate to leave a critical provision for funding comparative effectiveness research on the cutting room floor.
The patent by Apple includes a provision for leaving the EMI shield included in all of its iPhones, iPads, MacBooks able to perform its job while also allowing for the components protected therein to be fully water sealed by the process.
To thank one's parents and to leave forever without any provision for their wellbeing is to provide inappropriately little; this is particularly so if they cannot care for themselves.
Catalonia's difficulties are no different from those that have brought pain to the whole of Spain, with a credit crunch resulting from the worldwide financial crisis coinciding with a bursting of the real estate bubble that has left banks struggling to provision for bad loans.
