| Women Scientists in America: Struggles and Strategies to 1940 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Rossiter, Margaret W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801825091 ISBN-13: 9780801825095 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $38.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1982 Annotation: In volume one of this landmark study, focusing on developments up to 1940, Margaret Rossiter describes the activities and personalities of the numerous women scientists -- astronomers, chemists, biologists, and psychologists -- who overcame extraordinary obstacles to contribute to the growth of American science. This remarkable history recounts women's efforts to establish themselves as members of the scientific community and examines the forces that inhibited their active and visible participation in the sciences. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - Social Science | Women's Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology |
| Dewey: 305.435 |
| LCCN: 81020902 |
| Series: Women Scientists in America |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 5.9" W x 9.07" (1.35 lbs) 464 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In volume one of this landmark study, focusing on developments up to 1940, Margaret Rossiter describes the activities and personalities of the numerous women scientists--astronomers, chemists, biologists, and psychologists--who overcame extraordinary obstacles to contribute to the growth of American science. This remarkable history recounts women's efforts to establish themselves as members of the scientific community and examines the forces that inhibited their active and visible participation in the sciences. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rossiter, Margaret W.: - Margaret W. Rossiter is the Marie Underhill Noll Professor of the History of Science at Cornell University and former editor of Isis and Osiris. Her prize-winning books Women Scientists in America: Struggles and Strategies to 1940 and Women Scientists in America: Before Affirmative Action, 1940-1972 are also published by Johns Hopkins. Professor Rossiter was a MacArthur Fellow from 1989 until 1994. |