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Women scientists in America : struggles and strategies to 1940 / Margaret W. Rossiter.

By: Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982Copyright date: 1982Description: xviii, 439 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780801824432
  • 0801824435
  • 9780801825095
  • 0801825091
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • Q130 .R68 1982
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab Q130 .R68 1982 1 Available 50583020004176
Total holds: 0

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.

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