Women Succeeding in the Sciences

by Bart, Jody

• ISBN13: 9781557531223
• ISBN10: 1557531226
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Purdue Univ Pr

Summary

Ample evidence has been provided that women historically have suffered numerous social, political, and institutional barriers to their entrance and success in the sciences. The articles in this anthology refocus the discussion and reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the issues surrounding women in the sciences. While the barriers that women have faced as researchers, subjects of research, students of science, and theorists have been well documented, this anthology breaks new ground. It presents the ways women succeed in the sciences, overcome these historical barriers, and contribute to the social practice of science and the philosophy of science in both theory and practice.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Preface	ix
Helen Brooke Taussig (1898--1986): A Biography of Success	1	(24)
Laura Malloy
Frankenstein's Native	25	(12)
Elizabeth Stassinos
Women Becoming Mathematicians: Constructing a Professional Identity in Post--World War II America	37	(64)
Margaret A.M. Murray
Strategies for Teaching ``Female-Friendly'' Science to Women: Using History and Research to Guide Instruction	101	(6)
Valerie N. Morphew
Successful Strategies for Teaching Math to College Women	107	(8)
Ruth O'Keefe
Factors That Increase Persistence of Female Undergraduate Science Students	115	(24)
Michelle Smoot Hyde
Julie Gess-Newsome
Perspectives from a Female Undergraduate Student on Successfully Integrating Learning and Researching Science with Leading Organic Chemistry Workshops	139	(10)
Nermana Ligata
Madeline Adamczeski
A Peer Mentoring Program for Underrepresented Students in the Sciences	149	(20)
Casey Clark
Ileana Howard
Sarah E. Lazare
Doreen A. Weinberger
Gender Bias in Biological Theory Formation	169	(8)
Colleen M. Belk
Defending Feminist Territory in the Science Wars	177	(18)
Maureen Linker
Strong Objectivity and the Language of Science	195	(10)
Andrea Nye
Feminist Theories of Knowledge: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	205	(16)
Jody Bart
Gender and Physical Science: A Hard Look at a Hard Science	221	(24)
Amy Bug
Inventing the Future: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at Purdue University Calumet	245	(14)
Barbara Mania-Farnell
Colette Morrow
Contributors	259	(4)
Index	263