[identity profile] ethelmay.livejournal.com 2013-04-12 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
She got her first important job because someone mistook "Frances" for "Francis" and thought she was a man (okay, they MIGHT have hired her anyway, but...).

[identity profile] tandw.livejournal.com 2013-04-12 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
It sounded like that was her future thesis advisor's error, and I suppose it's possible he might have hired her; she already had bachelor's and master's degrees in pharmacology.