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Gender equity in science and engineering Gender equity in science and engineering Diana Bilimoria "Women faculty's participation in academic science and engineering is critical for future US global competitiveness, yet their underrepresentation particularly in senior positions remains a widesprea… OL16014412W
Journeys of women in science and engineering Journeys of women in science and engineering Barbara B. Lazarus,Susan A. Ambrose,Deborah A. Harkus,Kristin L. Dunkle,Indira Nair The core of this important book is 88 profiles with photographs of women scientists and engineers whose diversity is stunning. Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering includes research scientist… OL16612125W
Scientists Scientists Carlotta Hacker Chronicles the lives and achievements of noted female scientists, including astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell, primatologist Diane Fossey, and anthropologist Margaret Mead. OL1842158W
Twentieth-century women scientists Twentieth-century women scientists Lisa Yount Includes biographies of ten women who have made significant contributions to modern science, including Barbara McClintock, Katsuko Saruhashi, E. Margaret Burbidge, and Lydia Phindile Makhubu. OL1842678W
Health and science Health and science Jenny Bryan Examines the participation of women in medical and scientific discoveries and in the growth of health care in France, Great Britain, and the United States through the lives of Marie Curie, Cicely Sau… OL1885121W
Women in global science Women in global science Kathrin S. Zippel Scientific and engineering research is increasingly global, and international collaboration can be essential to academic success. Yet even as administrators and policymakers extol the benefits of glo… OL19730589W
Wonder women Wonder women Sam Maggs The best-selling author of The Fangirls Guide to the Galaxy presents a fun and feminist look at the brilliant, brainy and totally rad women in history who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mat… OL20038610W
Women and science Women and science Valjean McLenighan Presents brief career biographies of women prominent in the field of science, including Florence Sabin, Chien Shiung Wu, Margaret Mead, and Alice Hamilton. OL2067139W
Gender in Science and Technology Gender in Science and Technology Waltraud Ernst What role does gender play in scientific research and the development of technologies? This book provides methodological expertise, research experiences and empirical findings in the dynamic field of… OL20931542W
Les grands enjeux des femmes pour un développement durable Les grands enjeux des femmes pour un développement durable Presses de l'Université du Québec xv, 206 p. ; 23 cm OL23439645W
Women scientists Women scientists Susan Edeen Provides short biographies and reproducible outline portraits of 15 scientists: Maria Mitchell, Marie Curie, Mary Engle Pennington, Lillie Minoka-Hill, Lise Meitner, Margaret Morse Nice, Tilly Edinge… OL24861258W
Blazing the trail Blazing the trail Emma Ideal,Rhiannon Meharchand 35 highly successful physicists, engineers, and chemists share their personal histories, their passion for discovery, and their secrets for success. OL32007671W
Scientists Anonymous Scientists Anonymous Patricia Fara Why, when girls outstrip boys in exams, are there still so few women in the top levels of science? Why have women been excluded - and is there still discrimination? Acclaimed science writer and child… OL3254934W
Scientists and doctors Scientists and doctors Laurie Lindop Biographies of ten women in the fields of medicine and science. OL3256264W
Women pioneers of science Women pioneers of science Louis Haber Biographies of 12 women pioneers and leaders in a variety of scientific fields. OL4078684W
Sky's the Limit Sky's the Limit Catherine Thimmesh Presents brief accounts of the work of a variety of women scientists in such fields as astronomy, biology, anthropology, and medicine. OL5820901W
Dignifying Science Dignifying Science Jim Ottaviani Artwork by Marie Severin, Carla Speed McNeil, Jen Sorensen, Stephanie Gladden, Donna Barr, Roberta Gregory, Linda Medley, Lea Hernandez, Anne Timmons. OL64928W
Women and Science Women and Science Suzanne Sheffield Women and Science: Social Impact and Interaction looks at the complex relationship between science, women, and society as it has evolved from the late 1600s to the present. As the story unfolds, read… OL9035614W