Women Scientists in America

Women Scientists in America
Author: Margaret W. Rossiter
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 628
Release: 1998-09-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780801857119

Winner of the Pfizer Award for Outstanding Book in the History of Science Margaret Rossiter's widely hailed Women Scientists in America: Struggles and Strategies to 1940 marked the beginning of a pioneering effort to interpret the history of American women scientists. That effort continues in this provocative sequel that covers the crucial years of World War II and beyond. Rossiter begins by showing how the acute labor shortage brought on by the war seemed to hold out new hope for women professionals, especially in the sciences. But the public posture of welcoming women into the scientific professions masked a deep-seated opposition to change. Rossiter proves that despite frustrating obstacles created by the patriarchal structure and values of universities, government, and industry, women scientists made genuine contributions to their fields, grew in professional stature, and laid the foundation for the breakthroughs that followed 1972.

Women’s Contribution to Science and Technology through ICWES Conferences

Women’s Contribution to Science and Technology through ICWES Conferences
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.

Sex, Career and Family

Sex, Career and Family
Author: Michael P. Fogarty
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2017-01-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351995847

In this book, first published in 1971, the authors show from first-hand studies of family and working life (and with evidence from many countries, including the socialist societies of Eastern Europe) the nature of the discrimination facing women in the professions – and how various family and employment patterns might contribute to solving it. Their point is not that some new stereotype should be substituted for traditional views of the role of husbands and wives: different patterns fit different situations.

Library of Congress Catalog

Library of Congress Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
Total Pages: 690
Release: 1965
Genre: Catalogs, Subject
ISBN:

A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.

Routledge Library Editions: Women and Business

Routledge Library Editions: Women and Business
Author: Various
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 3998
Release: 2021-07-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351983954

This 15-volume set of previously out-of-print tiles examines many aspects of women and business. Encompassing such as areas as women’s access to managerial positions, positions within trade unions, inequality, family life, role in family businesses and entrepreneurship, it is a remarkable collection and a vital business reference source.

Master index

Master index
Author: International Labour Office. Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 736
Release: 1972
Genre: Working class
ISBN: