Women Scientists in America

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Women Scientists in America

Author	: Margaret W. Rossiter
File Size	: 45,7 Mb
Publisher	: JHU Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 01 May 1982
ISBN	: 0801825091
Pages	: 464 pages

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Women Scientists in America by Margaret W. Rossiter Book PDF Summary

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 by Margaret W. Rossiter

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Women Scientists in America by Margaret W. Rossiter

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