Women's history as scientists [electronic resource] : a guide to the debates /
Whaley, Leigh Ann.
Credo Reference (Firm)
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO,
c2003.
A comprehensive historical review of the debates surrounding women's contributions and roles in science, with emphasis on women's access to education, training, and professional careers.
Includes graphical cross-reference mapper.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-232) and index.
The Classical Debate: Can Women Do Science? -- The Medieval Woman in Science: contradictions within the church and the university -- The Querelle des Femmes: The Debate about Women -- The Debate about Education and the Inferiority of Women -- The Cartesian Debate -- The Professionalization of Science: the Exclusion of Women -- The Age of the Enlightenment: Science as an Unsuitable Subject for a Lady -- The "New Science" and the Debate about Women -- "Doctoring only for Men": Women and Medicine -- The Feminist Critique of Science.
Text (online database).
A comprehensive historical review of the debates surrounding women's contributions and roles in science, with emphasis on women's access to education, training, and professional careers.
Electronic reproduction.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Women intellectuals
Women scientists
Women's history as scientists.
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