Description
Book SynopsisFeatures contributors who are scientists, and who felt the necessity of righting the record that protrayed women as constitutionally or intellectually unsuitable for careers in the sciences. This work discovers and recovers the contributions women have made to the development of their fields.
Trade Review"Women of Science presents ample evidence of the important scientific contributions made by women. Yet this book is more than a reference - it is delightful and inspiring reading." Association for Women in Science Magazine " ... destined to become a standard reference in its field ..." Isis " ... fascinating ... an illuminating collection of biographies of many remarkable women." Journal of American Medical Women's Association " ... an important book ..." Caut Bulletin ACPU " ... an illuminating and revisionist history of science ..." Boston Phoenix
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction, by G. Kass-Simon
Women in the Field: The Role of Women in Archaeology before 1960
Cynthia Irwin-Williams
Women in Geology
Michele L. Aldrich
Straying from Their Orbits: Women in Astronomy in America
Pamela E. Mack
Contributors to American Mathematics: An Overview and Selection
Judy Green and Jeanne Laduke
Women in the Intellectual Development of Engineering: A Study in Persistence and Systems of Thought
Martha Moore Trescott
Intellectual Contributions of Women to Physics
L.M.Jones
Biology Is Destiny
G. Kass-Simon
Women in Medical Science
Partricia Farnes
Women in Chemistry
Jane A. Miller
Women in Crystallography
Maureen M. Julian
Afterword
Patricia Farnes
Contributors
Name Index
Subject Index
