'I was let go when I got pregnant': Marguerite Evans-Galea on her life as a woman in science

Dr Evans-Galea, a leader in the field of gene therapy, talks about the challenges she has faced, but also the increasing visibility of female scientists in her field, and her professional mission: finding a cure for Friedrich ataxia

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Marguerite Evans-Galea hadn't finished telling her boss she was pregnant, before he told her to finish up.

It was 2000 and Evans-Galea was doing her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Utah. The news of her first pregnancy ended her career at the teaching hospital.