Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook

Title Winning women into mathematics / prepared by the Committee on Participation of Women of the Mathematical Association of America ; Patricia Clark Kenschaft, committee chair and editor ; Sandra Keith, assistant editor.

Publication Info. [Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, [1991]
©1991

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  510.82 W776W    Check Shelf
Description 78 pages ; illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Chronicle of the Committee on Participation of Women -- Fifty-five cultural reasons why too few women win at mathematics -- What can I do? -- Winning women into mathematics: what is being done? -- A century of women's participation in the MAA and other organizations -- Statistics: participation of women at MAA section meetings -- A minority woman's viewpoint -- A statistical overview of American women doctorates, 1988-89 -- Educational, historical, and career information about and for women in mathematics.
Summary "American media often ask why women can't do mathematics. Any answer is misleading. Better questions are needed, along with indications of how to find potential answers. The Committee on the Participation of Women of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) has identified more than fifty cultural customs that discourage aspiring women mathematicians. How can these customs be changed? What can be done to recruit, retain, and acknowledge women in mathematics? The Committee was established in 1987 to 'work for full involvement of women in the affairs of the MAA and to develop MAA activities that will encourage women in careers in the mathematical sciences.' With this book the committee seeks to expand the number and effectiveness of those winning women into mathematics."--Publisher's description.
Subject Women in mathematics.
Added Author Kenschaft, Patricia C.
Keith, Sandra.
Mathematical Association of America. Committee on Participation of Women.
Other Form: Online version: Winning women into mathematics. [Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, c1991 (OCoLC)622233977
ISBN 0883854538
9780883854532
-->
Add a Review