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Author Frize, Monique, 1942- author.

Title The Bold and the Brave : a History of Women in Science and Engineering.

Publication Info. Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (366 pages)
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Summary The Bold and the Brave investigates how women have striven throughout history to gain access to education and careers in science and engineering. Author Monique Frize, herself an engineer for over 40 years, introduces the reader to key concepts and debates that contextualize the obstacles women have faced and continue to face in the fields of science and engineering. She focuses on the history of women and rsquo;s education in mathematics and science through the ages, from antiquity to the Enlightenment. While opportunities for women were often purposely limited, she reveals how many women found w.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-331) and index.
Contents pt. 1. Views of women's intellectual abilities. From ancient times to early modern Europe -- Renaissance and enlightenment -- The classic arguments and debates -- part 2. Scientific education of women from the 17th century to the 19th century. Women who participated in science in early modern Europe -- Education for women in the 16th and 17th centuries -- Education for women in the 18th century -- School and university reforms in the 19th century -- part 3. Education and careers in science and engineering. Women in engineering, mathematics, and science in the 20th century -- Obstacles in the entry of young women into science and engineering -- Recruitment and outreach --Strategies to attract and retain more women -- Women in scientific and engineering workplaces -- Strategies for equitable workplaces -- Developing a new culture in science, engineering, and technology -- part 4. Profiles of three women, by Peter Frize. The bold and the brave: Sophie Germain, Mileva Marić Einstein, and Rosalind Franklin.
Note Print version record.
Language English.
Subject Women in science -- History.
Women in engineering -- History.
Women -- Education -- History.
Women -- Intellectual life.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Women -- Education. (OCoLC)fst01176670
Women in engineering. (OCoLC)fst01177886
Women in science. (OCoLC)fst01177977
Women -- Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst01176814
Naturwissenschaftlerin.
Ingenieurin.
Frau.
Erziehung.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: 9780776607252
ISBN 9780776618838 (electronic bk.)
0776618830 (electronic bk.)
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0776618849 (electronic bk.)
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