Forces of nature : the women who changed science / Anna Reser & Leila McNeill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reser, Anna.

Contributor:

McNeill, Leila.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in science.

Scientists--Biography.

Scientists.

Women scientists--Biography.

Women scientists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Frances Lincoln, an imprint of the Quarto Group, 2021.

Summary:

Spanning the ancient period to the present day, this richly illustrated book seeks to redress the balance, with over 20 essays exploring how women have created space for themselves in science, technology, medicine, mathematics, theology and more.

Contents:

Introduction: Reading women's silence in the history of science

Section I: Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Physicians, midwives, and "grannies" ; The supernatural and the sanctified

Section II: The Renaissance & The Enlightenment. Women calculate their own path to science ; The wives and sisters of scientific partnerships ; Women and the science of the body in the Scientific Revolution ; Empire and exploitation in the Age of Exploration

Section III: The long nineteenth century. Women science writers and popularizers ; Botany for ladies ; From the home to the hospital ; Home physicians and lady doctors

Section IV: The twentieth century, pre-World War II. "Powerful levers that move worlds!" ; The home as laboratory ; Women's reproductive freedom and the eugenics movement ; Women archeologists and anthropologists humanize their past ; What cannot be unmade

Section V: The twentieth century, post-World War II. The plight of women refugee scientists coming to America ; Nature's housekeepers begin a movement ; The double bind in the sciences ; More than astronauts ; Reconfiguring the female ; The problem with "female firsts"

Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Reser, Anna Forces of Nature

ISBN:

9780711248984

0711248982

OCLC:

1252782517