This study aims to articulate the views of women academicians regarding the difficulties of being a woman academician and the support of a spouse. The research was conducted with case study design. Twenty married women academicians participated in the study. The results of the study demonstrate that women academicians experience societal, family and gender related problems in academia. Women academicians' perceptions regarding instrumental support, social companionship support and emotional support are almost at the same level no matter what their spouse's profession is. Considering instrumental support, women whose husbands are not academician receive more support in household chores. With regard to esteem support, the women whose husbands are academicians indicated that they all receive that support whereas some women whose husbands are from other professions emphasized that they do not receive esteem support satisfyingly. Concerning informational support, women whose husbands are academicians have more advantages and they receive wider range of support compared to others.