Many recent biographical works on women in science feature accounts of McClintock's work and experience. She is held up as a role model for girls in such works of children's literature as Edith Hope Fine's Barbara McClintock, Nobel Prize Geneticist, Deborah Heiligman's Barbara McClintock: Alone in Her Field and Mary Kittredge's Barbara McClintock. A recent biography for young adults by Naomi Pasachoff, Barbara McClintock, Genius of Genetics, provides a new perspective, based on the current literature.
many recent BIoGraPhIcal works on wOMen In ScienCE featurE aCcoUnts Of mCclInTocK's woRk And exPEriEncE. she IS Held up AS a rOLe modEL fOr gIRLs iN sUch woRks of chilDreN'S lITeRatuRE as edITh hopE fiNe'S barbARa mCclIntoCk, nOBel prizE GenetICist, dEBoRah heIlIgman'S barbara mcclintOcK: aloNe in heR field And mary kitTredge's bArbara MccLINtOcK. a ReCent biogRAphy for yOung ADUlTs BY nAOmI pAsachoff, Barbara McCliNtock, genius of geNeTicS, prOvIdes A new perspecTivE, bAsed oN the currENt litERaturE.