Women's history as scientists a guide to the debates
Title:
Women's history as scientists a guide to the debates
Author:
Whaley, Leigh Ann.
ISBN:
9781849723787
9781576077429
9781576072301
9781280713989
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2003.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 252 p.) : ill.
Series:
Controversies in science
Controversies in science.
General Note:
Includes graphical cross-reference mapper.
Contents:
The Classical Debate: Can Women Do Science? -- The Medieval Woman in Science: contradictions within the church and the university -- The Querelle des Femmes: The Debate about Women -- The Debate about Education and the Inferiority of Women -- The Cartesian Debate -- The Professionalization of Science: the Exclusion of Women -- The Age of the Enlightenment: Science as an Unsuitable Subject for a Lady -- The "New Science" and the Debate about Women -- "Doctoring only for Men": Women and Medicine -- The Feminist Critique of Science.
Abstract:
A comprehensive historical review of the debates surrounding women's contributions and roles in science, with emphasis on women's access to education, training, and professional careers.
Genre:
Electronic Access:
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