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Women and Science

Release on 2006 | by Suzanne Le-May Sheffield

Even women who managed to find a scientific niche that ostensibly included
them in the research community of science often felt, as had Eleanor Ormerod,
that they could never be “one of the boys.” Nevertheless, the work of women like
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Author: Suzanne Le-May Sheffield
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813537375
Category: Science
Page: 409
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Women and Science

From Maria Winkelman's discovery of the comet of 1702 to the Nobel Prize-winning work of twentieth-century scientist Barbara McClintock, women have played a central role in modern science. Their successes have not come easily, nor have they been consistently recognized. This book examines the challenges and barriers women scientists have faced and chronicles their achievements as they struggled to attain recognition for their work in the male-dominated world of modern science.

Language: en
Pages: 330

The Science on Women and Science

Authors: Christina Hoff Sommers

Categories: Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: A E I Press

Are women victims of a widespread bias in science and engineering, as a 2007 report of the National Academy of Sciences concluded? Or are there other, more plausible explanations for the paucity of women in various quantitative fields? What, if anything,should be done to encourage more women to become engineers

Language: en
Pages: 409

Women and Science

Authors: Suzanne Le-May Sheffield

Categories: Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Language: en
Pages: 254

Women in Science

Authors: Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie

Categories: Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 1986 - Publisher: MIT Press

From the ancient Greek physician Agamede to physicist and chemist Marie Curie, in descriptions ranging from a single paragraph to several pages, Women in Science profiles 186 women who as patronesses, translators, popularizers, collectors, illustrators, inventors, and active researchers, made significant contributions to science before 1910. It adds a new

Language: en
Pages: 385

A to Z of Women in Science and Math

Authors: Lisa Yount

Categories: Electronic books

Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Infobase Publishing

From ancient times to the present day, scientifically inclined women in many cultures have had to battle against the traditional belief that men are more cognitively adept than women. At times throughout history, women were persecuted for their attempts to break down traditional gender barriers. Today, women scientists and mathematicians