Patricia McBroomPatricia McBroom is an anthropologist, science journalist and professor of women's studies. Her 1985 book on women adapting to professional roles on Wall Street, The Third Sex, was described in a New York Times review as a brave and stunningly intuitve journey. A former science writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer, McBroom earned her degree in anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and in 1980 published a book on the genetics of behavior. She taught at Rutgers University, Mills College and the University of California at Berkeley. Her memoir challenges male-biased academic narratives of human culture and evolution with evidence of female authority in ancient and modern egalitarian societies. Read More Read Less