Women and science social impact and interaction
Title:
Women and science social impact and interaction
Author:
Sheffield, Suzanne Le-May, 1967-
ISBN:
9781851094653
9781851094608
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Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2004.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxxv, 409 p.) : ill., ports.
Series:
Science and society
Science and society (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Contents:
Constructing a new science : the masculine tradition -- Women's bodies, women's minds : the science of women -- Women doing science : multiple avenues -- Women's education in science -- Professionalizing women scientists -- Women's advancement in science since World War II -- Creating a future for women in science.
Abstract:
"This new work examines the challenges and barriers women scientists have faced and chronicles their achievements as they struggled to attain recognition for their work in the male-dominated world of modern science."--Jacket.
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Electronic Access:
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