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  Women and Scientific Literacy: Building Two-Way Streets - Bibliographies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This edited volume addresses the history of women in science, the current role of women in science, and obstacles women of all races face in their respective scientific fields.
Feminism, Science, and the Philosophy of Science, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publ., 1996.
Focusing on mathematics, computer science, and the physical sciences rather than the life sciences, this book forges new ground in gender analyses in science and includes some of the few existing feminist essays in fields such as physics and chemistry.
www.aacu-edu.org /womenscilit/bibliographies.cfm   (1857 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: 1792   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
1789 1790 1791 - 1792 - 1793 1794 1795
The Inconfidência Mineira (Minas Conspiracy) of 1789, a Brazilian independence movement, was a result of the confluence of external and internal causes.
Jump to: navigation, search During the French Revolution (1789-1799) democracy and republicanism overthrew the absolute monarchy in France, and the French portion of the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1792   (7503 words)

  
 Early Modern Women in Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The one field of science concentrated on most is the field of botany.
There are women of later times mentioned here in the field of science as well including Maria Mitchell, Florence Nightingale, and other women who helped shape the significant role women play in science today.
Also she is honored for her achievements in science all over the world.
www.kings.edu /womens_history/emscience.html   (1451 words)

  
 Ethics in Science Annotated Bibliography, Towson University
for a Course in Ethics in Science at Towson University
"The Verdict is In", Science, 2000, 290, 687.
Eighteenth century science was particularly adept and identifying white male as norm, and justifying all sorts of racial and sexual policies scientifically.
pages.towson.edu /ladon/ethics/ethicbib.htm   (15916 words)

  
 SHiPS Resource Center || Women in Science
It is important to note that opportunities for women in science have not steadily expanded throughout the ages.
In 1850, she was the first woman elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
She was elected to the National Academy of Science in 1956, but she was not employed full-time as a professor, and paid accordingly, until 1960 when she moved to the University of California in San Diego.
www1.umn.edu /ships/gender/giese.htm   (4391 words)

  
 Gender Bibliography-Books
Bleier, R. Science and Gender: A Critique of Biology and its Theories on Women.
A discussion on the gendered characterizations of science and reasoning, and possibilities of gender-free science.
A combination of vignettes and prose describing the paths women have taken and the experiences women have had in science, and how being scientists has affected the rest of their lives.
physics.uwstout.edu /staff/mccullough/GenderBiblioBooks.htm   (905 words)

  
 WISE Archives: Secondary Sources
Hypatia's heritage: a history of women in science from antiquity through the nineteenth century.
American women in science, 1950 to the present: a biographical dictionary.
Biographical dictionary of women in science: pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century.
www.lib.iastate.edu /spcl/wise/second.html   (340 words)

  
 OSU Libraries - Science and Engineering Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS) s dedicated to integrating women into the full range of trades, technology and science careers in which they are underrepresented: from engineer to police officer, pilot, automotive technician, electrician and web master, to name just a very few.
European Commission's Women and Science The Commission is undertaking a series of measures to promote women's participation in research.
Women in Science Webpage - an overview of several women of past and present who are involved in science, an electronic field trip through science laboratories, a mentoring area where you can contact scientists, teacher resources, games and puzzles and more.
library.osu.edu /sites/sel/women.html   (1284 words)

  
 :: NASA Quest > Women of NASA ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
First half of this book focuses on barriers to achievement and participation in mathematics and science, with some intervention strategies; the second half discusses the delivery systems-their structure, responsiveness and implementation.
Useful and up-to-date information on the pedagogy of math and science is arranged in a question and answer format: Instructional materials, educational equity, assessment, teachers and parental involvement.
Addresses the scope of gender bias in science, the ways in which science is affected by and also reinforces sexist biases;examines feminist critiques on the practice of science.
quest.arc.nasa.gov /women/resources/annbib.html   (859 words)

  
 1789 - NEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Appearing in The Massachusetts Centinel of October 14, 1789 Signed by Washington on October 3, 1789 and entitled "General Thanksgiving," the decree
On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of
The date of September 25, 1789, is correct.
siteslinks.com /q/1789.htm   (385 words)

  
 Women in the Sciences (Science Tracer Bullet - Science Reference Services, Library of Congress)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This is a guide to sources relating to the history and contributions of women in the fields of science, medicine, and engineering.
Women, minorities, and the disabled in science and technology: hearing before the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, June 28, 1988.
Annals of science: the legend of Rosalind Franklin.
www.lcweb.loc.gov /rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/womensciencetb.html   (2710 words)

  
 History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology
Primatology, veterinary science, and experimental psychology are some of the special fields covered here, along with the role of women in the conservation movement or as observers of nature.
Assesses the achievements of the radical critique of science and argues for a feminist theoretical analysis grounded in the sexual division of manual, mental, and reproductive labor.
This article is part of a thematic section "Women in Science '93: Gender and the Culture of Science." 965 Needham, James G. "The Lengthened Shadow of a Man and His Wife." SCIENTIFIC MONTHLY 62 (February 1946): 140-150; (March 1946): 219-232.
www.library.wisc.edu /libraries/WomensStudies/bibliogs/hws/hws0605.htm   (3180 words)

  
 Women and Science (selective references) Publications
Gender and the culture of science: Women in science '93, Science 260 no. 93/4/16 (1993), 383-432.
Barinaga, Is there a 'female style' in science?, Science 260 no. 93/4/16 (1993), 384-391.
Dembner, Women in math, science are studied, The Boston Globe, 93/12/8 (1993) 16.
darkwing.uoregon.edu /~vitulli/WomenInMath/Publications/Bibliographies/wmn_&_sci.html   (800 words)

  
 History of Science Society Guide to US Graduate Study in History of Science
Strong orientation towards science policy, and the effect of science on society, as in the arms race, environment, and colonialism.
Specializations in history of science, technology; history of medicine offered as part of the New York Consortium in History of Medicine, which includes faculty from Columbia University and the City University of New York; possible outside fields in sociology of science and technology, philosophy of science and technology, philosophy of medicine, biology, and physics.
Comprehensive study, from antiquity to modern times, of science's development and cultural relations in Western civilization; special emphasis on medieval and early modern science in Islam and Western Europe, and the natural and social sciences in the modern world, especially biology and ecology, natural history, psychology, and geology.
depts.washington.edu /hssexec/hss_gradproglist.html   (4826 words)

  
 Yale University Science Libraries
Some older material is also currently found in the Yale classification (used here prior to LC's) in S (natural science).
Kline Science Library Reference [call number will be added when available].
Kline Science Library Reference QL354 S4 Nomenclator Zoologicus: a list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the end of 1935 by Sheffield Airey Neave.
www.library.yale.edu /science/subject/nathist.htm   (2394 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Leo Marx, "Reflections on the Neo-Romantic Critique of Science," Daedalus, 107 (1978): 61-74.
Science and Racism in the U.S.: Historical Perspectives - Ethnography, Evolutionary Theory, and Scientific Racism.
Thomas Eiseman, "The Implantation of Science in Nigeria and Kenya," Minerva, 17 (1979): 504-526;
www.mines.edu /academic/lais/hennebach/LIHU398b_f02.htm   (3216 words)

  
 References -- History of Women in Science & Technology
Founded in 1980 as a nonprofit educational organization to promote the inclusion of multicultural women's history in school curricula, the Project has a mail-order catalog featuring high-quality materials (books, videotapes, posters, and other resources) which celebrate the achievements of American women and which are geared toward middle- and high-school students.
The catalog includes offerings relating to women in mathematics, science, and engineering, including a poster of 20 prominent female mathematicians and scientists.
Science is Women's Work: Photos and Biographies of American Women in the Sciences.
cs-www.cs.yale.edu /homes/tap/historical-refs.html   (756 words)

  
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Science and the Construction of Gender: Historical Perspectives, Part II -- The Nineteenth Century.
Science and Racism in the U.S.: Historical Perspectives, Part I -- Ethnography, Evolutionary Theory and Scientific Racism.
Thomas Eiseman, "The Implantation of Science in Nigeria and Kenya," Minerva, 17(1979): 504-526;
www.hmc.edu /cww/student/HUM2.F.spring.100/syllabus.html   (3752 words)

  
 Political Science at Emory | Graduate Studies
"Incumbency, Redistricting, and the Decline of Competition in U.S. House Elections,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 2005 (co-authored with Alan Abramowitz and Matthew Gunning).
Participant, "Race, Gender, and Representation in the U.S.: Building Bridges and Exploring Intersections for Future Research," roundtable at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 2005.
Tillman, Erik R. "The Impact of Increased Exposure on Public Attitudes to the Single European Currency," poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September 2004 (co-authored with Sean Carey).
www.polisci.emory.edu /graduate/students/papers.html   (1390 words)

  
 1789 in science -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
1789 in science -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The year 1789 in (A particular branch of scientific knowledge) science and (The practical application of science to commerce or industry) technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
July 10 - (Click link for more info and facts about Alexander Mackenzie) Alexander Mackenzie reaches (A Canadian river; flows into the Beaufort Sea) Mackenzie River Delta.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/17/1789_in_science.htm   (153 words)

  
 Whose Science
The impact of science and technology on our view of the world is incredible.
While most of us will not become scientists, we cannot escape the impact that science and technology have on our lives.
We will challenge the image of science as a collection of cold, hard, facts and examine the roles that gender, race, and ethnicity play in shaping science.
mulliken.chem.hope.edu /~stewart/fys00/syllabus.html   (1422 words)

  
 Feminism and Science Course at LSU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
She would also love to have some scientists attend her course.
Byrne, Eileen M. Women and Science: The Snark Syndrome.
Profitable Promises: Essays on Women, Science, and Health.
www.phys.lsu.edu /faculty/cjohnson/roberts.html   (176 words)

  
 History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology
ID: GLSHW-3.4 Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (748-849) This section covers women in mathematics, mathematical statistics, and the development of computer science.
Sophie Germain (1776-1831) of France won a competition sponsored by the French Academy of Science in 1809 for her analysis of the modes of vibration of elastic surfaces.
Robinson was the first female mathematician elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and the first woman president of the American Mathematical Society.
www.library.wisc.edu /libraries/WomensStudies/bibliogs/hws/hws0604.htm   (2249 words)

  
 Women in Science
Select Science & Technology from the Resources by Subject list, then select this index.
They often give summaries of books as well as lists of materials on a particular subject area.
A History of Women in Science from Antiquity Through the Late Nineteenth Century
www.eiu.edu /~booth/resources/research/specTopics/womeninscience2.html   (477 words)

  
 CWP // REFDB
GE:1893rcey ** Report of the Commissioner of the Education for the Year 1889-90
GE:akswr ** Science, Women, and Revolution in Russia
GE:jaj1990kc ** The Kaiser's Chemists: Science and Modernization in Imperial Germany
cwp.library.ucla.edu /dev/refdb.1.html   (2002 words)

  
 AIM25: British Library of Political and Economic Science: BARTON, John, 1789-1852, economist
AIM25: British Library of Political and Economic Science: BARTON, John, 1789-1852, economist
Administrative/Biographical history: Possibly created by John Barton (1789-1852) an economist who lived in Chichester, was well known as a Quaker businessman and man of letters and wrote 'The influence of machinery on labour'.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/1/3849.htm   (161 words)

  
 UWS Women and Science Program Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
UWS WOMEN and SCIENCE DISTANCE ED DISCUSSION, April 4, 2002.
UWS WOMEN and SCIENCE DISTANCE EDUCATION DISCUSSION, Dec. 12, 2002.
CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS TO SCIENCE: DIVERSITY IN THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM.
www.uwosh.edu /wis/wslib.htm   (876 words)

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