Women Scientists in America

Women Scientists in America
Author: Margaret W. Rossiter
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1982
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780801825095


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Winner of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Prize 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.


Women Scientists in America
Language: en
Pages: 464
Authors: Margaret W. Rossiter
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982 - Publisher: JHU Press

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Winner of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Prize In volume one of this landmark study, focusing on developments up to 1940, Margaret Rossiter descri
Black Women Scientists in the United States
Language: en
Pages: 404
Authors: Wini Warren
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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Biographical information includes women in the fields of anatomy, astronautics and space science, anthropology, biochemistry, biology, botany, chemistry, geolog
Women Scientists in America
Language: en
Pages: 700
Authors: Margaret W. Rossiter
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-02 - Publisher: JHU Press

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This survey of female scientists in recent American history “offers compelling data alongside the multiple stories of individual women” (Science). The third
Women Scientists in America
Language: en
Pages: 754
Authors: Margaret W. Rossiter
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-21 - Publisher: JHU Press

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The third volume of Margaret W. Rossiter’s landmark survey of the history of American women scientists focuses on their pioneering efforts and contributions f
Sisters in Science
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Diann Jordan
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Purdue University Press

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Author Diann Jordan took a journey to find out what inspired and daunted black women in their desire to become scientists in America. Letting 18 prominent black