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Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900
A Survey of Their Contributions to Research
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2000
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A systematic survey and comparison of the work of 19th-century American and British women in scientific research, this book covers the two countries in which women of the period were most active in scientific work and examines all the fields in which they were engaged. The field-by-field examination brings out patterns and concentrations in women's research (in both countries) and allows a systematic comparison of the two national groups. Through this comparison, new insights are provided into how the national patterns developed and what they meant, in terms of both the process of women's entry into research and the contributions they made there. Ladies in the Laboratory? features a specialized bibliography of nineteenth century research journal publications by women, created from the London Royal Society's Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900. In addition, 23 illustrations present in condensed form information about American and British women's scientific publications throughout the nineteenth century. This well-organized blend of individual life stories and quantitative information presents a great deal of new data and field-by-field analysis; its broad and methodical coverage will make it a basic work for everyone interested in the story of women's participation in nineteenth century science.
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Copyright year
2000
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-3287-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-585-27684-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
453
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Preface and Introduction No access
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1: Botanists: From Early Explorers to Plant Geneticists No access
2: Largely Lepidopterists: Collectors, Classifiers, and Students of Insect Development: The Entomologists No access
3: Museum Taxonomists to Morphologists and Embryologists: Women Zoologists No access
4: Naturalists No access
5: Some General Biologists No access
6: Medical Scientists: Physiologists, Neurologists, Anatomists, Pathologists, and Bacteriologists No access
7: From Obstetrics to War Work: Physicians and Other Medical Women No access
8: Mathematicians and Statisticians, Mainly of the 1890s, but Remembering Mary Somerville No access
9: Ripple-Marks in the Sand, Images on the Screen, Unit Standardization: Studies by Women in Physics No access
10: Observers, "Computers," Interpreters, and Popularizers: Women in Astronomy No access
11: Chemists and Biochemists: Lab. Space for Assistants Only? No access
12: Midwestern Caves, Graptolite Evolution, Tyrolean Tectonics: Studies by early Women Geologists No access
13: Geographers, Explorers, Travelers, and a Himalayan Climber No access
14: From the Zuñi of New Mexico to the Fang of Gabon: Early Contributions by Women to Ethnology and Anthropology No access
15: The First Generation of American Experimental Psychologists No access
16: Others No access
Summary No access Pages 367 - 368
Abbreviations No access Pages 369 - 370
Bibliography of Papers by American and British Women in Scientific Periodicals, 1800-1900 No access Pages 371 - 427
Periodical Title Abbreviations Key No access Pages 428 - 438
Selected Bibliography No access Pages 439 - 442
Index No access Pages 443 - 452
About the Author and Contributor No access Pages 453 - 453
