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In a world dominated by men, women have struggled in obscurity to make their mark in science. In fields ranging from aeronautics to zoology, the pioneering discoveries of these women are a testament to their ability to overcome cultural prejudices against education and career advancement for women. International women in science: a bibliographical dictionary to 1950 presents the enormous contributions of women outside North America in fields ranging...
4) Working it out: 23 women writers, artists, scientists, and scholars talk about their lives and work
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These twenty-three women artists, writers, scientists and scholars are diverse in their ideological positions. Most, but not all, contributors have married and have had children. In this pioneering collection of essays, these women write candidly, often shockingly, about the dilemmas and rewards of work of their own.
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"Was Marie Curie the only woman in science?" This question, asked by a college student trying to write an essay on women in science, planted a seed that grew over a decade of research into this informative and accessible biographical dictionary and bibliography.
At the heart of this biographical dictionary are profiles of 186 women whose work is representative of the participation of women in the science of their time and culture. Despite the increasing
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"Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as 'human computers' used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in...
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