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Women's history as scientists : a guide to the debates / Leigh Ann Whaley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whaley, Leigh Ann.
- Series:
- Controversies in science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women scientists--History.
- Women scientists.
- Women intellectuals--History.
- Women intellectuals.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2003]
- Summary:
- SERIES FEATURES: - Exhaustive essays tracing the history of scientific controversies- Critical historical documents revealing all sides of the debate- Detailed chronology that charts the course of controversy- Useful glossary for ready definition of complex terms- Extensive guide to further readings in the subject
- Contents:
- The classical debate: can women do science?
- The medieval woman in science: contradictions within the church
- The querelle des femmes: its meaning for science
- Reformers and reactionaries: education and the inferiority of women
- The Cartesian debate
- The professionalization of science: the exclusion of women
- "Doctoring only for men": women and medicine
- The age of the enlightenment: science an unsuitable subject for a lady
- The "new science" and the female debate
- Feminism and science.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1576072304
- 157607742X
- OCLC:
- 52334875
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