Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering: No Universal Constants

by Ambrose, Susan A.

• ISBN13: 9781566395281
• ISBN10: 1566395283
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Summary

Today the image of the scientist is still that of a white man in a white lab coat. This book questions this stereotype and the assumption that the practitioners of science and engineering have a uniform look and follow one particular path through life. The scientists and engineers featured in this book are all women. They come from different races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds. They have different sexual orientations. Some have disabilities.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 scientists and engineers in areas from biochemistry to mathematics, from neuroscience to computer science, from animal science to civil engineering. It includes those who have made careers in public service-people like Dr. Joycelyn Elders, the recent U.S. Surgeon General; Dr. Susan Love, the breast cancer activist; and Rhea L. Graham, the first woman and first African American director of the Bureau of Mines. It includes Nobel Prize winners, beginning assistant professors, division directors of corporations, and even an engineering school dean.The indexes by field of speciality make it easy for the reader to compare the life stories of, for example, all the chemical engineers or all the mathematicians. There is also an index by employment sector. The book begins with a thorough introduction to the history of women in science and engineering. Author note: Susan A. Ambrose is director of The Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Principal Lecturer, Department of History, at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. >P>Kristin L. Dunkle is an independent scholar. >P>Barbara B. Lazarus is Associate Provost of Academic Projects and Adjunct Professor, Department of History and the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University. >P>Indira Nair is Vice Provost for Education and Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. >P>Deborah A. Harkus is currently working for NEXTLINK, a telecommunications carrier, in a project manager capacity to deploy new strategic technology.

Author Biography

Susan A. Ambrose is Director of The Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Adjunct Professor, Department of History, at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface: No Universal Constants?	p. xp
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Women, Science, Engineering, and Technology Through the Ages	p. 1
Priscilla Auchincloss	p. 32
W. Lena Austin	p. 37
Judith Badner	p. 41
Eleanor Baum	p. 44
Susan H. Brawley	p. 48
Aida Casiano-Colon	p. 54
Martha A. Chavez	p. 59
Yvonne Y. Clark	p. 63
Jewel Plummer Cobb	p. 68
Theo Colborn	p. 72
Lizabeth Coller	p. 77
Margarita H. Colmenares	p. 82
Esther Marly Conwell	p. 88
Debbie C. Crans	p. 91
Fay Dansby	p. 96
Jane Dillehay	p. 100
Mildred Dresselhaus	p. 105
Barbara Duhl-Emswiler	p. 109
Bonnie J. Dunbar	p. 115
Cynthia Dusel-Bacon	p. 120
Kathryn Edwards	p. 126
M. Joycelyn Elders	p. 131
Gertrude Belle Elion	p. 135
Patricia L. Eng	p. 141
Deborah Estrin	p. 146
Judy Estrin	p. 150
Thelma Estrin	p. 154
Anne Fausto-Sterling	p. 159
Eden Fisher	p. 164
Kathy Hardis Fraeman	p. 169
Judy R. Franz	p. 173
Cynthia Friend	p. 177
Beatrice Fu	p. 181
Diana Garcia-Prichard	p. 184
Rhea L. Graham	p. 189
Temple Grandin	p. 194
Ann Grant	p. 199
Deborah Lynn Grubbe	p. 203
Susan Armstrong Henry	p. 208
Esther A. H. Hopkins	p. 213
Wen-Ling Hsu	p. 217
Linda Huff	p. 223
Shirley Ann Jackson	p. 228
Elizabeth Jones	p. 233
Gretchen Kalonji	p. 237
Anna Karlin	p. 244
Betty Lane	p. 248
Frances Lockwood	p. 252
Vivian Loftness	p. 257
Susan Love	p. 262
Sara Majetich	p. 267
Luz J. Martinez-Miranda	p. 272
Sue McNeil	p. 276
Sandra Murray	p. 280
Nalini M. Nadkarni	p. 285
Lee Park	p. 290
Elisabeth Pate-Cornell	p. 295
Donna Rose Peterson	p. 299
Arati Prabhakar	p. 304
Margaret N. Rees	p. 308
Nancy Rhoads	p. 314
Evelyn M. Rodriguez	p. 319
Sue V. Rosser	p. 323
Vera Rubin	p. 329
Laura Santos	p. 335
Linda C. Shackelford	p. 340
Cheryl L. Shavers	p. 345
Mary M. Shaw	p. 350
Bonnie Shulman	p. 355
Ellen Kovner Silbergeld	p. 361
Barbara Smuts	p. 365
Tami I. Spector	p. 370
Donna Spiegelman	p. 375
Lois Steele	p. 381
Olga Victoria Taller	p. 385
Sonja Teraguchi	p. 390
Karen Uhlenbeck	p. 395
Judith R. Vergun	p. 399
Lydia Villa-Komaroff	p. 405
Salome Gluecksohn Waelsch	p. 409
Katrina D. Washington	p. 413
Joanne Westin	p. 417
Sheila Evans Widnall	p. 422
Carol Wilson	p. 426
Susan Wood	p. 431
Lilian Shiao-Yen Wu	p. 437
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow	p. 441
Judith S. Young	p. 445
Bibliography	p. 451
Field Index	p. 457
Employment Sector Index	p. 461
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