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100 1 _aRossiter, Margaret W.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aWomen scientists in America :
_bstruggles and strategies to 1940 /
_cMargaret W. Rossiter.
264 1 _aBaltimore :
_bJohns Hopkins University Press,
_c1982.
264 4 _c1982.
300 _axviii, 439 pages :
_billustrations, portraits ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aFirst paperback ed.: 1984.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 399-416) and index.
505 0 _aWomen'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.
520 _aThis 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.
650 0 _aWomen scientists
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWomen scientists
_vBiography.
650 0 _aWomen in science
_zUnited States.
650 2 _aScience
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_vBiography.
650 2 _aWomen
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_vBiography.
650 7 _aWomen in science.
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650 7 _aWomen scientists.
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651 7 _aUnited States.
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655 7 _aBiography
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