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Author | : Henrietta Heald |
Publisher | : Unbound Publishing |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2019-09-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1783526793 |
‘Women have won their political independence. Now is the time for them to achieve their economic freedom too.’ This was the great rallying cry of the pioneers who, in 1919, created the Women’s Engineering Society. Spearheaded by Katharine and Rachel Parsons, a powerful mother and daughter duo, and Caroline Haslett, whose mission was to liberate women from domestic drudgery, it was the world’s first professional organisation dedicated to the campaign for women's rights. Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines tells the stories of the women at the heart of this group – from their success in fanning the flames of a social revolution to their significant achievements in engineering and technology. It centres on the parallel but contrasting lives of the two main protagonists, Rachel Parsons and Caroline Haslett – one born to privilege and riches whose life ended in dramatic tragedy; the other who rose from humble roots to become the leading professional woman of her age and mistress of the thrilling new power of the twentieth century: electricity. In this fascinating book, acclaimed biographer Henrietta Heald also illuminates the era in which the society was founded. From the moment when women in Britain were allowed to vote for the first time, and to stand for Parliament, she charts the changing attitudes to women’s rights both in society and in the workplace.
Author | : Prof Elisabeth T. Pereira |
Publisher | : Academic Conferences Inter Ltd |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-06-21 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1912764946 |
Conference Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Gender Research
Author | : Julie E. Mills |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2013-07-18 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1135011605 |
Women in the developed world expect to work in the labour force over the course of their lives. On finishing school more girls are entering universities and undertaking professional training for careers than ever before. Males and females enter many high status professions in roughly equal numbers. However, engineering stands out as a profession that remains obstinately male dominated. Despite efforts to change, little progress has been made in attracting and retaining women in engineering. This book analyses the outcomes of a decade-long investigation into this phenomenon, framed by two questions: Why are there so few women in engineering? And why is this so difficult to change? The study includes data from two major surveys, accounts from female engineers in a range of locations and engineering fields, and case studies of three large engineering corporations. The authors explore the history and politics of several organisations related to women in engineering, and conclude with an analysis of a range of campaigns that have been waged to address the issue of women’s minority status in engineering. Challenging Knowledge, Sex and Power will be of great interest to students of feminist economics, and is also relevant to researchers in women’s studies and engineering education.
Author | : Monique Frize |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 2024-01-10 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 3031338006 |
This book discusses the legacy of the conference series The International Conferences of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES), which spans the second half of the Twentieth Century and the beginning of the twenty-first. The book first discusses how, at a time when there were few women engineers and scientists, a group of women organized a conference, in June 1964 in New York, which attracted 486 women. They presented their scientific achievements and discussed how to attract more women in STEM. This effort was carried out by volunteers, continuing the ICWES conferences over a period of 59 years. The authors discuss the organizers, the hosting societies, the scientific content, the changes in issues over time, and how the continuity has endured. The authors also discuss the importance of global involvement, shown through past conferences in locations such as USA, UK, Italy, Poland, France, India, Ivory Coast, Hungary, Japan, Canada, and Korea. The authors also outline how the efforts were aided by the development of a not for profit Canadian corporation, the International Conference of Women in Sciences and engineering (INWES), which ensures the continuation of the conference series. Claire Deschênes and Monique Frize ensured that the conference database was digitalized and is now available at the Canadian Archive of Women in STEM, University of Ottawa Library, with the hope that researchers will continue to explore this rich database. As an important part of the Women in Science and Engineering book series, the work hopes to inspire women and men, girls and boys to study and work in STEM fields. This book is important historically because it documents a unique adventure created by women in STEM through vision and leadership. Their efforts established modes of networking and sharing their contributions in science, technology, and on gender issues.
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Total Pages | : 886 |
Release | : 1975-12 |
Genre | : Nuclear energy |
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Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 1994-02-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0309049911 |
This book, based on a conference, examines both quantitative and qualitative evidence regarding the low employment of women scientists and engineers in the industrial work force of the United States, as well as corporate responses to this underparticipation. It addresses the statistics underlying the question "Why so few?" and assesses issues related to the working environment and attrition of women professionals.
Author | : National Science Foundation (U.S.) |
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Total Pages | : 746 |
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Genre | : Grants-in-aid |
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Author | : Diana Bilimoria |
Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2014-10-31 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1781954070 |
Adopting an international perspective, this book draws on current research from the United States, Australia and Europe examining women�s participation, advancement and leadership in STEM fields. The book explores the nature of STEM careers across indu
Author | : Aditya Johri |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 1124 |
Release | : 2014-02-10 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1107785855 |
The Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research is the critical reference source for the growing field of engineering education research, featuring the work of world luminaries writing to define and inform this emerging field. The Handbook draws extensively on contemporary research in the learning sciences, examining how technology affects learners and learning environments, and the role of social context in learning. Since a landmark issue of the Journal of Engineering Education (2005), in which senior scholars argued for a stronger theoretical and empirically driven agenda, engineering education has quickly emerged as a research-driven field increasing in both theoretical and empirical work drawing on many social science disciplines, disciplinary engineering knowledge, and computing. The Handbook is based on the research agenda from a series of interdisciplinary colloquia funded by the US National Science Foundation and published in the Journal of Engineering Education in October 2006.
Author | : Professor Carmen-Pilar Martí Ballester |
Publisher | : Academic Conferences and publishing limited |
Total Pages | : 515 |
Release | : 2024-04-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1914587987 |
These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 7th International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR 2024), hosted by The Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain on 25-26 April 2024. The Conference Chair was Professor Carmen-Pilar Martí Ballester, from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. ICGR is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 7th year the key aim of this diverse conference is to provide an opportunity for participants from different backgrounds and cultures to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The scope of papers ensured an interesting two days. The subjects covered in these proceedings illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research.