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1.

The Woman Scientist: Meeting the Challenges for a Successful Career » Read Now
by Clarice M. Yentsch, Carl J. Sindermann. 271 pgs.

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Feminism and Science » Read Now
by Evelyn Fox Keller, Helen E. Longino. 290 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

(Series copy) The new Oxford Readings in Feminism series maps the dramatic influence of feminist theory on every branch of academic knowledge. Offering feminist perspectives on disciplines from history to science, each book assembles the most important articles written on its field in the last ten...
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(Series copy) The new Oxford Readings in Feminism series maps the dramatic influence of feminist theory on every branch of academic knowledge. Offering feminist perspectives on disciplines from history to science, each book assembles the most important articles written on its field in the last ten to fifteen years. Old stereotypes are challenged and traditional attitudes upset in these lively-- and sometimes controversial--volumes, all of which are edited by feminists prominent in their particular field. Comprehensive, accessible, and intellectually daring, the Oxford Readings in Feminism series is vital reading for anyone interested in the effects of feminist ideas within the academy. Can science be gender-neutral? In recent years, feminist critics have raised troubling questions about the practice and goals of traditional science, demonstrating the existence of a pervasive bias in the ways in which scientists conduct and discuss their work. This exciting volume gathers seventeen essays--by sociologists, scientists, historians, and philosophers--of seminal significance in the emerging field of feminist science studies. Analyzing topics from the stereotype of the "Man of Reason" to the "romantic" language of reproductive biology, these fascinating essays challenge readers to take a fresh look at the limitations--and possibilities--of scientific knowledge.
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Women Changing Science: Voices from a Field in Transition » Read Now
by Mary Morse. 280 pgs.

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...and Politics: Interviews with Women in Science Policy 205 Chapter...the University of Minnesotas women in science and technology support group...find that not all was well...
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The Retrieval of a Legacy: Nineteenth-Century American Women Inventors » Read Now
by Denise E. Pilato. 204 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Throughout the 19th century, women inventors developed significant technologies, yet, because of complex cultural barriers and the pervasive image of the inventor as male, their technological contributions have until now been ignored and undervalued. This study, the first to focus exclusively on...
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Throughout the 19th century, women inventors developed significant technologies, yet, because of complex cultural barriers and the pervasive image of the inventor as male, their technological contributions have until now been ignored and undervalued. This study, the first to focus exclusively on 19th-century women, explores the fascinating relationship between women and technology. According to a government census, there were nearly 5,000 patents awarded to women between 1790 and 1888; further, many women invented significant technologies but never received a patent. The individual and collective experiences of these women reveal both why gendered assumptions about women and technology persist and why they are assumptions, not reality.
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Notable Women in the Physical Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary » Read Now
by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer. 484 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Notable Women in the Physical Sciences features substantive biographical essays on 96 world and American women scientists who have made significant contributions to the physical sciences from antiquity to the present. The essays go beyond basic facts found in standard biographical dictionaries...
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Notable Women in the Physical Sciences features substantive biographical essays on 96 world and American women scientists who have made significant contributions to the physical sciences from antiquity to the present. The essays go beyond basic facts found in standard biographical dictionaries, bringing to life the women's developmental influences, the obstacles they faced and overcame, and their efforts to contribute in their chosen professions in spite of sometimes overwhelming disapproval by the establishment. The emphasis is on 20th-century women, and many of the living scientists profiled contributed interviews and autobiographical statements, that add a vital and unique element to their profiles. Entries have been written by 70 practicing scientists and researchers who explain the scientific work clearly, in terms familiar to general readers and high school students.
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Notable Women in Mathematics: A Biographical Dictionary » Read Now
by Charlene Morrow, Teri Perl. 302 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

This volume features substantive biographical essays on 59 women from around the world who have made significant contributions to mathematics from antiquity to the present. Designed for secondary school students and the general public, each profile describes major life events, obstacles faced and...
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This volume features substantive biographical essays on 59 women from around the world who have made significant contributions to mathematics from antiquity to the present. Designed for secondary school students and the general public, each profile describes major life events, obstacles faced and overcome, educational and career milestones--including a discussion of mathematical research in non-technical terms--and interests outside of mathematics. Although the collection includes historical women, the emphasis is on contemporary mathematicians, many of whom have not been profiled in any previous work. Also included are the contributions of minority women, including 10 African-American, Latina, and Asian mathematicians.
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African American Women Scientists and Inventors » Read Now
by Jim Haskins, Otha Richard Sullivan. 150 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Meet African american women of science and invention from the early years to modern Times Patricia Bath, M.D. Miriam E. Benjamin Ursula Burns Alexa Canady, M.D. Jewel Plummer Cobb, Ph.D. Ellen F. Eglin Angela D. Ferguson, M.D. Sara E. Goode Evelyn Boyd Granville, Ph.D. Dannellia Gladden Green, Ph.D...
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Meet African american women of science and invention from the early years to modern Times Patricia Bath, M.D. Miriam E. Benjamin Ursula Burns Alexa Canady, M.D. Jewel Plummer Cobb, Ph.D. Ellen F. Eglin Angela D. Ferguson, M.D. Sara E. Goode Evelyn Boyd Granville, Ph.D. Dannellia Gladden Green, Ph.D. Bessie Blount Griffin Betty Wright Harris, Ph.D. Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. Aprille Joy Ericsson Jackson, Ph.D. Mae Jemison, M.D. Marjorie Stewart Joyner, Ph.D. Mary Kenner Reatha Clark King, Ph.D. Annie Turnbo Malone Mildred Austin Smith Valerie Thomas Madame C. J. Walker Jane Cooke Wright, M.D. Roger Arliner Young, Ph.D. Chavonda J. Jacobs Young, Ph.D.
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Women and Mathematics: Balancing the Equation » Read Now
by Susan F. Chipman, Lorelei R. Brush, Donna M. Wilson. 388 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...underrepresentation of women in science fields can be attributed...select a major in the social sciences. Retention of Women in Math-Related Fields It...Table 1.6...
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Women Inventors in Canada in the 1980s, in Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology » Read Now
by Helene Cummins, Susan A. McDaniel, Rachelle Sender Beauchamp. 17 pgs.

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...social reward. When women seek to be creative in the realms of science and technology...is seen to be science, whereas if women apply a similar method in a different...
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Marie Curie, A Life » Read Now
by Francoise Giroud, Lydia Davis. 276 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Rosalyn Yalow, Nobel Laureate: Her Life and Work in Medicine: A Biographical Memoir » Read Now
by Eugene Straus. 280 pgs.

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In 1977, Rosalyn Yalow, known as the "Madame Curie from the Bronx", was the second woman in history to win the Nobel Prize in medicine. In this biography (reprint of the 1998 publication), a colleague reveals the extraordinary intelligence and determination that led her to overcome countless obstacles as a woman scientist in a man's world.
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Harriet Brooks: Pioneer Nuclear Scientist » Read Now
by Marelene F. Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey Rayner-Canham. 141 pgs.

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Sweeper in the Sky: The Life of Maria Mitchell, First Woman Astronomer in America » Read Now
by Helen Wright. 258 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...penetrating. Like most of the women who ran the inns...business of the town in the absence of their...rumored that some women in their loneliness took...they wallowed...
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Gender Equity Right from the Start, Vol. 1 » Read Now
by Jo Sanders, Janice Koch, Josephine Urso. 135 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...mathematics--United States. 9. Women in science--United States. 10. Women in...conducted at Harvard found that women in science who had female advisers during...presented...
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Gender Equity Right from the Start, Vol. 2 » Read Now
by Jo Sanders, Janice Koch, Josephine Urso. 114 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...mathematics--United States. 9. Women in science--United States. 10. Women in...conducted at Harvard found that women in science who had female advisers during...February...