Women scientists in America : struggles and strategies to 1940 /
Rossiter, Margaret W.,
Women scientists in America : struggles and strategies to 1940 / Margaret W. Rossiter. - xviii, 439 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
First paperback ed.: 1984.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-416) and index.
Women's colleges : the entering wedge -- Doctorates : infiltration and creative philanthropy -- "Women's work" in science -- A manly profession -- The women's movement, the war, and Madame Curie -- Growth, containment, and overqualification -- Academic employment : protest and prestige -- Government employment : paper reforms but expanded segregation -- Industrial and other employment : stoicism, versatility, and vocational guidance -- Double standards and underrecognition : territorial and hierarchical discrimination -- Women's clubs and prizes : compensatory recognition.
This volume describes the activities and personalities of the numerous women scientists--astronomers, chemists, biologists, and psychologists--who overcame extraordinary obstacles to contribute to the growth of American science. This history recounts women's efforts to establish themselves as members of the scientific community and examines the forces that inhibited their active and visible participation in the sciences.
9780801824432 0801824435 9780801825095 0801825091
81020902
8301892 DNLM
Women scientists--United States.
Women scientists--Biography.
Women in science--United States.
Science--History--United States--Biography.
Women--History--United States--Biography.
Women in science.
Women scientists.
United States.
Biography
Q130 / .R68 1982
Women scientists in America : struggles and strategies to 1940 / Margaret W. Rossiter. - xviii, 439 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
First paperback ed.: 1984.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-416) and index.
Women's colleges : the entering wedge -- Doctorates : infiltration and creative philanthropy -- "Women's work" in science -- A manly profession -- The women's movement, the war, and Madame Curie -- Growth, containment, and overqualification -- Academic employment : protest and prestige -- Government employment : paper reforms but expanded segregation -- Industrial and other employment : stoicism, versatility, and vocational guidance -- Double standards and underrecognition : territorial and hierarchical discrimination -- Women's clubs and prizes : compensatory recognition.
This volume describes the activities and personalities of the numerous women scientists--astronomers, chemists, biologists, and psychologists--who overcame extraordinary obstacles to contribute to the growth of American science. This history recounts women's efforts to establish themselves as members of the scientific community and examines the forces that inhibited their active and visible participation in the sciences.
9780801824432 0801824435 9780801825095 0801825091
81020902
8301892 DNLM
Women scientists--United States.
Women scientists--Biography.
Women in science--United States.
Science--History--United States--Biography.
Women--History--United States--Biography.
Women in science.
Women scientists.
United States.
Biography
Q130 / .R68 1982