Meet the Author
“I grew up in suburban Philadelphia.
World War II disrupted my childhood.I aspired to be a doctor from age eight but struggled after college in New York City.
I navigated being a woman in science during the women’s movement during my second marriage to Dr. George Hill while earning a Ph.D.
After facing two firings and ridicule, I became a Full Professor at NJ Medical School. My journey hit a roadblock when I caught a research fellow cheating and faced opposition from the University. I persevered, and my memoir, The Crying Window, tells my story.”
“A remarkable compendium, replete with people, places, and events, recalling a full yet ongoing life (93 years and counting) and illustrating, in near-nanoscopic detail, the struggles and the tenacity of a courageous crusader for truth, ethical standards, and the rights of women.”
Alan Lipman, MD
Dr. Hill graduated from Smith College in 1950 and earned a PhD in biology from Brandeis University in 1964. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the medical schools of Harvard and the University of Colorado. She advanced through the ranks from assistant to full professor at the medical schools of Colorado, Washington University in St. Louis, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, and New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey. In 1997, she received the Smith College Medal and retired in December 2016 as Professor Emerita at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
As of March 1, 2025, Google Scholar credits her with 139 scientific articles and 2,630 citations for her work. She authored "Hidden Data: The Blind Eye of Science" (Create Space, 2016) and co-wrote "Cover-Up: Collusion in the Halls of Academia" with Amy Yarzinske (Amazon, 2021).
