Legends and Legacies features the odysseys of 26 accomplished women faculty at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The authors are physicians, scientists, educators, wives, life partners, mothers, daughters, aunts and friends, who also are devoted mentors. Their collective hope is that by sharing their stories they will help motivate young women to choose careers in the biomedical sciences and strive for leadership in their disciplines, in management and in professional organizations.