Description
Book SynopsisWith the thoroughness and resourcefulness that characterize the earlier volumes, she recounts the rich history of the courageous and resolute women determined to realize their scientific ambitions.
Trade Review"A full, complex picture of the marginalization of American women scientists in this era... I recommend this book to anyone involved in science: the questions about the sexual politics of science it tackles and provokes are too important to be ignored." (New Scientist)"
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The New Era
List of Abbreviations
1. From "Sisterhood" to Interest Group: Learning to Lobby
2. Taking on Academia: Tokenism, "Revolving Doors," and Lawsuits to 1985
3. Taking Advantage of Undergraduate Openings: Impetus to Ever-Broadening Reforms
4. Innovative Outreach: Expanding Girls' Options and Opportunities
5. Using Science to Fight Back: Equal Opportunity at the Women's Colleges
6. Surviving the "Minefields" in Graduate School
7. Postdoctoral Pathways: Preparation, Holding Pattern, or Jumping-Off Point?
8. Industrial and Self-Employment: Entering Wedges and Entrepreneurs
9. Federal Employment: Lawsuits and Presidential Appointees
10. Nonprofit Alternatives: Speeding Up, Moving In, On, and Even Up
11. Academia after Rajender: Programs, Publicity, and Pressures
12. Taking the Scientific Societies beyond Recognition
Epilogue: A New Era of Institutional Contrition and "Transformation"
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
