Women in Science and Engineering References

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Arnold, Lois Barber. Four Lives in Science: Women's Education in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Schocken Books, 1984.

Asking different questions: Women and Science. VHS. Artemis Films and Studio D of the National Film Board of Canada. New York: National Film Board of Canada, 1996.

Breakthrough: The Changing Face of Science in America. VHS. Blackside, Inc. and WGBH Boston. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1996.

Canel, Annie, Ruth Oldenziel and Karin Zachmann. Crossing Boundaries, Building Bridges: Comparing the History of Women Engineers, 1870s-1990s. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic, 2000.

Clewell, Beatriz Chu, Bernice Taylor Anderson, and Margaret E. Thorpe. Breaking the Barriers: Helping Female and Minority Students Succeed in Mathematics and Science. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992.

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Cole, Jonathan R. Fair Science: Women in the Scientific Community. New York: Columbia University Press, 1987.

Creese, Mary R. S. Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900: A Survey of their Contributions to Research. With contributions by Thomas M. Creese. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998.

Creager, Angela N. H., Elizabeth A. Lunbeck, and Londa Schiebinger, eds. Feminism in Twentieth-Century Science, Technology, and Medicine. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001.

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Howes, Elaine V. Connecting Girls and Science: Constructivism, Feminism, and Science Education Reform. New York: Teachers College Press, 2002.

Keller, Evelyn Fox, and Helen E. Longino, eds. Feminism and Science. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

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Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory, ed. History of Women in the Sciences: Readings from Isis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.

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Maynard, Mary, ed. Science and the Construction of Women. London: UCL Press, 1997.

Parker, Lesley H., Léonie J. Rennie, and Barry J. Fraser, eds. Gender, Science, and Mathematics: Shortening the Shadow. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996.

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Reynolds, Moira Davison. American Women Scientists: 23 Inspiring Biographies, 1900-2000. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1999.

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Shepherd, Linda Jean. Lifting the Veil: The Feminine Face of Science. Boston: Shambhala, 1993.

Wasserman, Elga R. Conversations with Eminent Women in Science. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 2000.

Williams, Kathleen Broome. Improbable Warriors: Women Scientists and the U.S. Navy in World War II. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2001.

National Science Foundation. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation, 1994.

Yount, Lisa. Contemporary Women Scientists. New York: Facts on File, 1994.

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