Jill Tarter on growing up in the 1950s

A three-minute section of "A Life's Work." For more about the film visit http://alifesworkmovie.com/blog/. In this section astronomer Jill Tarter, Director of SETI Research at the SETI Institute, reminisces about being a young girl with an interest in math and science in the 1950s.

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[davidlicata]

@sksmithsk Seti at home. I think they're still doing that. Great idea.

[sksmithsk]

@davidlicata Yes! She is a great speaker. When I saw her, she was wearing a headband. I have since then retired, but when I was working back then some of my co-workers were allowing the idle time on their PCs to process SETI data.

[davidlicata]

@sksmithsk Cool! Did you find it to be an informative talk?

And thanks for stopping by.

[sksmithsk]

I actually saw Jill Tarter in Mountain View when she gave a talk about SETI.

[davidlicata]

@Zurround100 Thanks for leaving the comment.

Laws may change, but rarely does society's attitudes immediately change with them.

[Zurround100]

how the hell could the 50s and early 60s be that sexist if women got the vote in 1920??