Women Scientists in America: Struggles and Strategies to 1940 PDF
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omen Scientists in America Struggles a,1d Strategies to 1940 MARGARET W ROSSITER \ NUNC COGNOSCO EX PARTE THOMASJ. BATA LIBRARY TRENT UNIVERSITY WOMEN SCIENTISTS IN AMERICA ! \ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Kahle/A ustin Foundation https://archive.org/details/womenscientistsi0000ross JI omen Scientists in America // Struggles and Strategies to 1940 MARGARET W ROSSITER The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore and London f 1• rf UAtver1fty Lt~niry P'HU"aOROWCMt, OWi, q \'30 This book has been brought to publication with the generous assistance of the National Endowment for the Humanities. CopyrighL © 1982 by The Johns Hopkins University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Originally published, 1982 Second printing, 1983 Third printing, 1984 Johns Hopkins Paperbacks edition, 1984 The Johns Hopkins University P:ress. Baltimore, Maryland 21218 The Johns Hopkins Press Ltd .. London Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication DaLa Rossiter, Margaret W. \¥omen scientists in America. Bibliography: p. 399 lncludes index. l. \¥omen scientists-United States. 2. Women in science-Uoitecll Stares. I. Title Q130.R68 331.4'815'0973 81-20902 lSBN 0-8018-2443-5 AACR2 ISBN 0-8018-2509-1 CONTENTS Illustrations VII Tables IX Preface XI Acknowledg1nents XIII Introduction xv I. Won1en 's Colleges: The Entering Wedge 1 2. Doccorates: Infilcracion and Creative Philanthropy 29 3. '·Women's Work .. in Science 51 4. A Manly Profession 73 - 5. The Women's Movement, the War. and Madame Curie 100 6. Growth. Containment, and Overqual ification 129 7. Acaden1ic En1ployment: Protest and Prestige 160 8. Government Employment: Paper Reforms 218 but Expanded Segregation 9. Industrial and Other Employment: Stoicism. 248 Versatility, and Vocational Guidance I 0. Double Standards and Underrecognition: Territorial and Hierarchical Discrimination 267 I I. Women's Clubs and Prizes: Compensatory Recognition 297 313 Conclusion 317 Abbreviations 319 Notes 399 Bibliography 417 Index V
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