Title: Women, science, and society : the crucial union /
Authors: Rosser, Sue Vilhauer
Publisher: Teachers College Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Women life scientists.; Women's studies.; Feminism.; Women; Science; Physicians, Women; Feminism
Contents: Introduction : the confluence of factors demanding the union of women in the life sciences with scholars in women's studies -- Critical mass : women life scientists and physicians -- Feminist theoretical perspectives : lenses on bio- and reproductive technologies -- Postcolonial feminist critiques : windows on biases in Western science -- Globalization of bio- and reproductive technologies : opportunities to enhance or destroy women's work, knowledge, and lives -- Fusion of practice and theory : tales from three continents -- Conclusion : why this union will save science, the lives of other women, and ourselves.