Women scientists in America : forging a new world since 1972 / Margaret W. Rossiter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rossiter, Margaret W., author.

Contributor:

Johns Hopkins University. Press, publisher.

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women scientists--United States--History--20th century.

Women scientists.

Women in science--United States--History--20th century.

Women in science.

Women scientists--United States--History--21st century.

Women in science--United States--History--21st century.

History.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

xx, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2012.

Summary:

The third volume of Margaret W. Rossiter's landmark survey of the history of American women scientists focuses on their pioneering efforts and contributions from 1972 to the present. Central to this story are the struggles and successes of women scientists in the era of affirmative action. Scores of previously isolated women scientists were suddenly energized to do things they had rarely, if ever, done before-form organizations and recruit new members, start rosters and projects, publish newsletters, confront authorities, and even fight (and win) lawsuits. Rossiter follows the major activities of these groups in several fields-from engineering to the physical, biological, and social sciences-and their campaigns to raise consciousness, see legislation enforced, lobby for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, and serve as watchdogs of the media. This comprehensive volume also covers the changing employment circumstances in the federal government, academia, industry, and the nonprofit sector and discusses contemporary battles to increase the number of women members of the National Academy of Sciences and women presidents of scientific societies.

In writing this book, Rossiter mined nearly one hundred previously unexamined archival collections and more than fifty oral histories. With the thoroughness and resourcefulness that characterize the earlier volumes, she recounts the rich history of the courageous and resolute women determined to realize their scientific ambitions. Book jacket.

Contents:

From "sisterhood" to interest group: learning to lobby

Taking on academia: tokenism, "revolving doors," and lawsuits to 1985

Taking advantage of undergraduate openings: impetus to ever-broadening reforms

Innovative outreach: expanding girls' options and opportunities

Using science to fight back: equal opportunity at the women's colleges

Surviving the "minefields" in graduate school

Postdoctoral pathways: preparation, holding pattern, or jumping-off point?

Industrial and self-employment: entering wedges and entrepreneurs

Federal employment: lawsuits and presidential appointees

Nonprofit alternatives: speeding up, moving in, on, and even up

Academia after Rajender: programs, publicity, and pressures

Taking the scientific societies beyond recognition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-409) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

ISBN:

9781421402338

1421402335

9781421403632

1421403633

OCLC:

721085238