Women in Science: Then and Now
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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Computing Diversity Engineering Diversity General Engineering, Engineering Science |
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Reference - Article/Document |
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| Author(s): |
Vivian Gornick |
| Description: | In this newly revised twenty-fifth anniversary edition, acclaimed writer and journalist Vivian Gornick interviews famous and lesser-known scientists, compares their experiences then and now, and shows that, although not much has changed in the world of science, what is different is women's expectations that they can and will succeed. Everything from the disparaging comments by Harvard's then-president to government reports and media coverage has focused on the ways in which women supposedly can't do science. Gornick's original interviews show how deep and severe discrimination against women was back then in all scientific fields. Her new interviews, with some of the same women she spoke to twenty-five years ago, provide a fresh description of the hard times and great successes these women have experienced. Gornick holds a BA from the City College of New York and a MA from NYU. She is the author of eight books, one of which was nominated for a National Book Award and another was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. She is currently working on a biographical essay on Emma Goldman while at the Radcliffe Institute. |
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| Keywords: | women in science gender equity |
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| Use of Resource: |
Good reference reading for a course or course segment on gender equity in STEM disciplines. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Very low |
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| Publication Date: | January 2010 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.amazon.com/Women-Science-Then-Vivian-Gornick/dp/155861 |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
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