Barbara McClintock Alone In Her Field Author:Deborah Heiligman People always thought Barbara McClintock was an oddball. She didn't let anyone stop her from doing what she wanted to do. She played sports when other girls didn't. She skipped school to go ice-skating. When she grew up, she studied genetics when women weren't allowed to. She used an old-fashioned microscope even after fancy high-tech ones were ... more »invented. She investigated chromosomes while everybody else was looking at DNA.« less