WOMAN BIOLOGISTS SUCCESS IN A DISCRIMINATION SUIT ADDS WEIGHT TO FINDINGS ON SCIENCE AND PARENTHOOD - JUDGES RULING AGAINST VASSAR-COLLEGE SUPPORTS STUDIES SHOWING THAT WIVES AND MOTHERS CAN ALSO BE PRODUCTIVESCIENTISTS

The decision in a recent court case against Vassar College adds legal teeth to an assertion held by many women scientists in academia that b eing married-with children has no bearing on women scientists' product ivity; the court ruled that these circumstances cannot be used as a ra tionale to deny such women tenure or equal pay.