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This is a guide to sources relating to the history and contributions of women in the fields of science, medicine, and engineering. Also included are writings on present-day women scientists, as well as materials on the current status and concerns of women in the sciences. Of possible interest to users of this work are Blacks in Science and Related Disciplines (TB 89-9) and Biographical Sources in the Sciences (TB 88-3).

An update of Tracer Bullet 83-8, this compilation is not intended to be a comprehensive bibliography but is designed--as the name of the series implies--to put the reader "on target."

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INTRODUCTIONS TO THE TOPIC

Ivey, Elizabeth S. Recruiting more women into science and engineering. Issues in science and technology, v. 4, fall 1987: 83-87
   Q124.6.I85 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>

Kelly, Alison. Women in science: a bibliographic review. Durham research review, v. 7, spring 1976: 1092-1108.
   L16.D8 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>

Schiebinger, Londa L. The history and philosophy of women in science: a review essay. Signs, v. 12, winter 1985: 305-332.
   HQ1101.S5 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>

Vetter, Betty M. Women's progress. Mosaic, v. 18, spring 1987: 2-9.
   Q11.U8216 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>

Women in technology. Technology review, v. 87, Nov./Dec. 1984: 29-52.
   T171.M47 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>

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SUBJECT HEADINGS

Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which books on women in the sciences can be located in most card, book, and online catalogs include the following.

Highly Relevant

WOMEN ENGINEERS
WOMEN PHYSICIANS
WOMEN SCIENTISTS
    See also other headings beginning WOMEN, e.g., WOMEN GEOLOGISTS, WOMEN GENETICISTS, WOMEN DENTISTS, WOMEN PHYSICISTS, WOMEN STATISTICIANS
WOMEN IN AERONAUTICS
WOMEN IN ENGINEERING
WOMEN IN MEDICINE
WOMEN IN SCIENCE
    See also other headings beginning WOMEN IN, e.g., WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE, WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS, WOMEN IN PHARMACY

Relevant

AFRO-AMERICAN WOMEN CHEMISTS
AFRO-AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE PROFESSION
WOMEN-BIBLIOGRAPHY

Related

MINORITIES IN SCIENCE
MINORITIES IN TECHNOLOGY
    See also other headings beginning MINORITIES IN, e.g., MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING, MINORITIES IN MEDICINE

For additional subject headings see:

Dickstein, Ruth, Victoria A. Mills, and Ellen J. Waite. Women in LC's terms: a thesaurus of Library of Congress subject headings relating to women. Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1988. 221 p.
   Z695.1.W65D53 1988 SSRR
   See especially p. 96-116.

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BASIC TEXTS

Alic, Margaret. Hypatia's heritage: a history of women in science from antiquity to the late nineteenth century. London, Women's Press, 1986. 230 p.
   Bibliography: p. 210-224.
   Q130.A48 1986 <SciRR>

Cole, Jonathan R. Fair science: women in the scientific community. New York, Columbia University Press, 1987. 336 p.
   Bibliography: p. 307-324.
   Reprint of the 1979 ed. published by Free Press, New York.
   Q130.C64 1987    

Hurd-Mead, Kate Campbell. A history of women in medicine, from the earliest times to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Boston, Milford House, 1973. 569 p.
   Includes bibliographical references.
   Reprint of the 1938 ed. published by Haddam Press, Haddam, Conn.
   R692.M38 1973    

Oakes, Jeannie. Lost talent: the underparticipation of women, minorities, and disabled persons in science. Santa Monica, Calif., Rand, 1990. 104 p. 1990
   Bibliography: p. 85-104.
   Q130.02    

Rossiter, Margaret W. Women scientists in America: struggles and strategies to 1940. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, c1982. 439 p.
   Bibliography: p. 399-416.
   Q130.R68 1982 <SciRR>    

Schiebinger, Londa L. The mind has no sex? women in the origins of modern science. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1989. 355 p. 1989
   Bibliography: p. 329-345.
   Q130.S32 <SciRR>    

Technology and women's voices: keeping in touch. Edited by Cheris Kramarae. New York, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1988. 246 p.
   Includes bibliographies.
   T36.T43 1988    

Uneasy careers and intimate lives: women in science, 1789-1979. Edited by Pnina G. Abir-Am and Dorinda Outram. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, c1987. 365 p.
   Bibliography: p. 281-354.
   Q130.U525 1987    

Women in science: a report from the field. Edited by Jane Butler Kahle. London, Philadelphia, Falmer Press, 1985. 251 p.
   Includes bibliographies.
   Q130.W658 1985    

Women of science: righting the record. Edited by G. Kass-Simon and Patricia Farnes. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, c1990. 398 p.
   Includes bibliographical references.
   Contains essays on women in archeology, geology, astronomy, mathematics, engineering, physics, biology, medicine, chemistry, and crystallography.
   Q130.W67 1990 <SciRR>    

Zahm, John Augustine. Woman in science: with an introductory chapter on woman's long struggle for things of the mind. By H. J. Mozans [i.e., J. A. Zahm]. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 1974, c1913. 452 p.
   Bibliography: p. 419-426.
   Reprint of the ed. published by D. Appleton, New York, with a new introduction.
   Q147.Z26 1974 <SciRR>

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ADDITIONAL TITLES

Climbing the ladder: an update on the status of doctoral women scientists and engineers. Committee on the Education and Employment of Women in Science and Engineering, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council. Washington, National Academy Press, 1983. 106 p. in various pagings.
   Includes bibliography.
   Q130.C54 1983

Dynamos and virgins revisited: women and technological change in history: an anthology. Edited by Martha Moore Trescott. Metuchen, N.J., Scarecrow Press, 1979. 280 p.
   Includes bibliographical references.
   HQ1154.D95

Feminist approaches to science. Edited by Ruth Bleier. New York, Pergamon Press, 1986. 212 p.
   Includes bibliographies.
   Q175.5.F46 1986

Gornick, Vivian. Women in science: portraits from a world in transition. New York, Simon and Schuster, c1983.
172 p.
   Bibliography: p. 163-165
   Q130.G67 1983

Ives, Patricia Carter. Creativity and inventions: the genius of Afro-Americans and women in the United States and their patents. Arlington, Va., Research Unlimited, 1987. 88 p.
   Bibliography: p. 81-86.
   T21.I84 1987 <SciRR>

Kang, Gay E., and Mary Ellen Heim. A social-evolutionary investigation of factors affecting female employment in the medical profession. East Lansing, Mich., Michigan State University, c1983. 27 p. (Women in International Development. Working paper, #34)
   Bibliography: p. 25-27.
   R692.K36 1983    

Marrett, Cora Bagley. Minority females in high school mathematics and science. Madison, Wis., Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin, 1982. 70 leaves.
   Bibliography: leaves 59-65.
   QA27.5.M37 1982

Merchant, Carolyn. The death of nature: women, ecology, and the scientific revolution. New York, Harper & Row, 1989, c1980. 348 p.
   Includes bibliographical references.
   Q130.M47 1989

Opfell, Olga S. The lady laureates: women who have won the Nobel Prize. 2nd ed. Metuchen, N.J., Scarecrow Press, 1986. 316 p.
   Bibliography: p. 289-302.
   AS911.N9O63 1986

Sex and scientific inquiry. Edited by Sandra Harding and Jean F. O'Barr. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1987. 317 p.
   Bibliography: p. 307-308.
   HQ1397.S49 1987    

Vare, Ethlie Ann, and Greg Ptacek. Mothers of invention: from the bra to the bomb: forgotten women & their unforgettable ideas. New York, Morrow, c1988. 256 p.
   T36.V36 1988 <SciRR>

Women scientists: the road to liberation. Edited by Derek Richter. London, Macmillan, 1982. 219 p.
   Includes bibliographical references
   Contents: Opportunities for women in science, by D. Richter.--Opportunities for women scientists in India, by K. Sohonie.--It takes more than luck, by M. W. Kies.--Becoming an anthropologist, by C. Nakane.--The wild cat, by L. Bolis.--The achievement of Iranian women in science, by T. M. Z. Rahmani.--Reflections on a scientific adventure, by R. Levi-Montalcini.--Women scientists in Sweden, by I. Fischer-Hjalmars. --A little about myself, and more about a more important matter, the brain, by N. P. Bechtereva.--Women in Cambridge biochemistry, by D. Needham.--The progress of science in Africa, by W. M. Maathai.--Autobiography of an unknown woman, by R. Rajalakshmi.
   Q141.W68 1982.    

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GUIDES, HANDBOOKS AND DICTIONARIES

1980-81 HEGIS, Higher education general information survey: bachelor's and master's degrees, 900-engineering graduates by institution, race, and sex. Durham, N.C., Personnel Research Inc., c1983. 37 p.
   Data in the tables are from the 1980-81 school year Higher education general information survey (ED Survey, HEGIS XVI) prepared by the U.S. Dept. of Education.
   T73.A59 1983

American men and women of science: the physical and biological sciences. New York, Bowker, 1971-
   Continues American men of science, 1906-68.
   Q141.A47 <SciRR>

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. The manuscript inventories and catalogs of manuscripts, books, and periodicals. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library of the History of Women in America, Radcliffe College. 2nd rev. and enl. ed. Boston, Mass., G. K. Hall, 1984. 10 v
   Rev. ed. of The Manuscript inventories and the catalogs of manuscripts, books, and pictures (1973).
   Z7964.U49A78 1984 <fol.> MRR

Dictionary of scientific biography. Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor-in-chief. New York, Scribner, 1970-80. 16 v.
   Includes bibliographies.
   Beginning with v. 15 issued as supplements.
   Q141.D5 <SciRR>    

Elliott, Clark A. Biographical dictionary of American science: the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1979. 360 p.
   Includes bibliographies.
   Retrospective companion to American men of science.
   Q141.E37 <SciRR>    

Grants-at-a-glance: a directory of funding and financial aid resources for women in science. Washington, Association for Women in Science, 1987. 84 p. in various pagings.
   Pamphlet box <SciRR>

In the marketplace: work patterns, practice characteristics, and incomes of women physicians. 2nd ed. Chicago, American Medical Association Women in Medicine Project, 1987. 65 p.
   Bibliography: p. 59-63.
   R692.I53 1987    

Langbein, Laura Irwin. Profile of IEEE women members: their salaries, demographics, attitudes toward the workplace, and professional status. Prepared by Laurie I. Langbein for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. New York, The Institute, c1984. 54 p.
   TK159.L36 1984

Notable American women, 1607-1950: a biographical dictionary. Edward T. James, editor. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971. 3 v.
   CT3260.N57 MRR

Notable American women: the modern period: a biographical dictionary. Edited by Barbara Sicherman, Carol Hurd Green, with Ilene Kantrov, Henriette Walker. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1980. 773 p.
   CT3260.N573 MRR

Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey. Women in science: antiquity through the nineteenth century: a biographical dictionary with annotated bibliography. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, c1986. 254 p.
   Q141.O34 1986 <SciRR>

Raven, Susan, and Alison Weir. Women of achievement: thirty-five centuries of history. New York, Harmony Books, c1981. 288 p.
   See especially p. 217-245.
   HQ1123.R38 1981 SSRR

Sammons, Vivian O. Blacks in science and medicine. New York, Hemisphere Pub. Corp., c1990. 293 p.
Bibliography: p. 261-268.
   Q141.B58 1990 <SciRR>    

Sophia Smith Collection. Catalogs of the Sophia Smith Collection, women's history archive, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. Boston, G. K. Hall, 1975. 7 v.
   Z7965.S65 1975 MRR Alc

Weiss, Iris R., and Carol Place. Women scientists roster. Washington, National Science Teachers Association, 1979. 143 p.
   Q130.W44

Women anthropologists: a biographical dictionary. Edited by Ute Gacs and others. New York, Greenwood Press, 1988. 428 p.
   Bibliography: p. 403-406.
   GN20.W63 1988    

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CORRESPONDENCE, REMINISCENCES AND BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL

Arnold, Lois. Four lives in science: women's education in the nineteenth century. New York, Schocken Books, 1984. 179 p.
   Includes bibliographical references.
   Contents: Maria Martin Bachman.--Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps.--Louisa C. Allen Gregory.--Florence Bascom.--Eunice Foot and others.
   Q141.A73 1984    

Baldwin, Richard S. The fungus fighters: two women scientists and their discovery. Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 1981. 212 p.
   Includes bibliographical references.
   QR30.B34

Brooks-Pazmany, Kathleen L. United States women in aviation, 1919-1929. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press; US Govt. Print. Off., 1983. 57 p. (Smithsonian studies in air and space, no. 5)
   Bibliography: p. 57.
   TL539.B76 1983    

Chipman, Elizabeth. Women on the ice: a history of women in the Far South. Carlton, Vic., Melbourne University Press; Beaverton, Ore. and Canada, International Specialized Books Services [distributor], 1986. 224 p.
   Bibliography: p. 205-212.
   G860.C442 1986

Curie, Eve. Madame Curie, a biography. Translated by Vincent Sheean. Collectors ed. Norwalk, Conn., Easton Press, 1989, c1937. 412 p.
   QD22.C8C85 1989

Douglas, Deborah G. United States women in aviation, 1940-1985. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press; US Govt. Print. Off., 1990. 142 p. (Smithsonian studies in air and space, no. 7)
   Bibliography: p. 129-138.
   TL521.D68 1990 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>    

Earhart, Amelia. The fun of it: random records of my own flying and of women in aviation. Chicago, Academy Press, 1977. 218 p.
   Reprint of the 1932 ed. published by Harcourt Brace, New York.
   TL540.E3A3 1977

Hamilton, Alice. Exploring the dangerous trades: the autobiography of Alice Hamilton, M.D. Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1985. 433 p.
   Reprint of the 1943 ed. published by Little, Brown, New York. R154.H238A34 1985

In her own words: oral histories of women physicians. Edited by Regina Markell Morantz, Cynthia Stodola Pomerleau, and Carol Hansen Fenichel. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1982. 284 p. (Contributions in medical history, no. 8)
   Bibliography: p. 267-271.
   R692.I5 1982    

Kennedy, Don H. Little sparrow: a portrait of Sophia Kovalevsky. Athens, Ohio University Press, c1983. 341 p.
Bibliography: p. 328-331.
   QA29.K67K46 1983    

Kosheleva, I. Women in science. Translated from the Russian by Frances Longman. Moscow, Progress Publishers, c1983. 170 p.
   Q141.K674 1983

Levin, Beatrice. Women and medicine. 2nd ed. Lincoln, Neb., Media Pub., 1988. 267 p.
Bibliography: p. 249-264.
   R692.L49 1988    

Lorber, Judith. Women physicians: careers, status, and power. New York, Tavistock Publications, 1984. 149 p.
   R692.L63 1984
   Bibliography: p. 122-141.

Moldow, Gloria. Women doctors in gilded-age Washington: race, gender, and professionalization. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, c1987. 246 p.
Bibliography: p. 217-239.
   R692.M6 1987    

Noble, Iris. Contemporary women scientists of America. New York, Messner, c1979. 158 p.
   Q141.N67 <SciRR>

Oakes, Claudia M. United States women in aviation through World War I. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press; US Govt. Print. Off., 1978. 44 p. (Smithsonian studies in air and space, no. 2)
   Bibliography: p. 44.
   TL553.O34

----- ----United States women in aviation, 1930-1939. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press; US Govt. Print. Off., 1985. 70 p. (Smithsonian studies in air and space, no. 6)
   Bibliography: p. 69-70.
   TL521.O17 1985

Pennock, Meta Rutter, ed. Makers of nursing history: portraits and pen sketches of one-hundred and nine prominent women. New York, Lakeside Publishing Co., 1940. 142 p.
   RT34.P4 1940

Perl, Teri. Math equals: biographies of women mathematicians + related activities. Menlo Park, Calif., Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1978. 250 p.
   Bibliography: p. 223-224.
   QA28.P47    

Salber, Eva J. The mind is not the heart: recollections of a woman physician. Durham, Duke University Press, 1989. 282 p.
   Bibliography: p. 275-282.
   R154.S215A3 1989

Sayre, Anne. Rosalind Franklin and DNA. New York, Norton, 1975. 221 p.
   Includes bibliographical references.
   QP26.F68S29 1975    

Scarborough, Elizabeth, and Laurel Furumoto. Untold lives: the first generation of American women psychologists. New York, Columbia University Press, 1987. 236 p.
   Bibliography: p. 215-226.
   BF109.A1S24 1987    

Send us a lady physician: women doctors in America, 1835-1920. Edited by Ruth J. Abram. New York, Norton, c1985. 255 p.
   Includes bibliographies.
    R692.S46 1985    

Wilson, Dorothy Clarke. Lone woman: the story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor. Boston, Little, Brown and Co., 1970. 469 p.
   Bibliography: p. 447-453.
   R154.B623W5    

Yost, Edna. Women of modern science. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1984, c1959. 176 p.
   Reprint of the 1959 ed. published in New York by Dodd, Mead.
   Q141.Y65 1984

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BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL FOR YOUNGER READERS

Blacknall, Carolyn. Sally Ride: America's first woman in space. Minneapolis, Dillon Press, c1984. 78 p.
    A biography of Sally Ride, who in 1983 became the first American woman in space.
    TL789.85.R53B53 1984

Brown, Jordan. Elizabeth Blackwell. New York, Chelsea House, c1989. 111 p.
    Bibliography: p. 106.
    R154.B623B76 1989
    A biography of the first woman doctor who paved the way for other women entering the field of medicine.    

Emberlin, Diane. Science. Minneapolis, Dillon Press, c1977. 158 p. (Contributions of women)
    Brief biographies of women who have made outstanding contributions to science: Annie Cannon, Lillian Gilbreth, Margaret Mead, Rachel Carson, Ruth Patrick, and Eugenie Clark.
    Q141.E43

Gleasner, Diana C. Breakthrough: women in science. New York, Walker, 1983. 138 p.
   Describes the efforts of six women to achieve success as scientists. Emphasizes the particular problems faced in combining a career with family responsibilities and in overcoming prejudice against women scientists.
   Q141.G73 1983

Haber, Louis. Women pioneers of science. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1979. 171 p.
Bibliography: p. 159-165.
   Biographies of 12 women pioneers and leaders in a variety of scientific fields.
   Q141.H215 <SciRR>    

McLenighan, Valjean. Women and science. Milwaukee, Raintree Publishers, c1979. 48 p.
   Bibliography: p. 48.
   Presents brief career biographies of women prominent in the field of science, including Florence Sabin, Chien Shiung Wu, Margaret Mead, and Alice Hamilton.
   Q130.M32   

Murrow, Liza Ketchum. Susan Humphris, geologist. Brattleboro, Vt., Teachers' Laboratory, c1989. 58 p.
   A biography of the marine geologist, discussing her childhood, schooling and training, daily work schedule, and the obstacles and challenges she faces as a woman scientist.
   QE22.H85M87 1989

Verheyden-Hilliard, Mary Ellen. Engineer from the Comanche Nation, Nancy Wallace. Bethesda, Md., Equity Institute, c1985. 31 p.
   Describes how an American Indian woman of the Comanche and Creek Nations grew up to become an engineer with one of the largest corporations in the United States.
   E99.C85W338 1985

----- ---- Scientist from Puerto Rico, Maria Cordero Hardy. Bethesda, Md., Equity Institute, c1985. 31 p.
   A biography of a Puerto Rican woman who came to the mainland where she overcame a language barrier, earned a doctorate in physiology, and became a scientist, while fighting prejudice on several levels.
   QP26.H28V47 1985

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BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Ballou, Patricia K. Women: a bibliography of bibliographies. 2nd ed. Boston, G. K. Hall, c1986. 268 p.
   See especially p. 124-138.
   Z7961.B32 1986 MRR    

Chinn, Phyllis Zweig. Women in science and mathematics: bibliography. Arcata, Calif., Chinn; Washington, distributed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1979. 38 p. Z
   7963.S3C47

Faunce, Patricia Spencer. Women and ambition: a bibliography. Metuchen, N.J., Scarecrow Press, 1980. 695 p.
   See especially p. 467-480.
    Z7961.F38 MRR    

Fera, Darla. Women in American agriculture: a selected bibliography. Prepared by the Economic Research Service and the National Agricultural Library. Washington, US Dept. of Agriculture, 1977. 30 p. (National Agricultural Library, (US). Library list, 103)
   Z881.U4L5 no. 103

Gilbert, Victor Francis, and Darshan Singh Tatla. Women's studies: a bibliography of dissertations, 1870-1982. New York, B. Blackwell, 1985. 496 p
   Z7961.G55 1985 MicRR, MRR

Herzenberg, Caroline L. Women scientists from antiquity to the present: an index: an international reference listing and biographical directory of some notable women scientists from ancient to modern times. West Cornwall, Conn., Locust Hill Press, 1986. 200 p.
   Bibliography: p. xxix-xxxvii.
   Q141.H475 1986 <SciRR>    

Høyrup, Else. Women and mathematics science and engineering: a partially annotated bibliography with emphasis on mathematics and with references on related topics. [Roskilde], Roskilde University Library, 1978. 62 p. (Skriftserie fra Roskilde universitetsbibliotek, 4)
   Z7963.M42H63

Siegel, Patricia Joan, and K. Thomas Finley. Women in the scientific search: an American bio-bibliography, 1724-1979. Metuchen, NJ, Scarecrow Press, 1985. 399 p.
   Z7404.S57 1985 <SciRR>

Terris, Virginia R. Woman in America: a guide to information sources. Detroit, Mich., Gale Research Co., c1980. 520 p. (Gale information guide library. American studies information guide series, v. 7)
   Z7964.U49T45

Women of mathematics: a biobibliographic sourcebook. Edited by Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell. New York, Greenwood Press, 1987. 292 p.
   Includes bibliographies
   QA28.W66 1987 <SciRR>    

Women's studies resources in microform at the Library of Congress. Washington, General Reading Rooms Division, Library of Congress, 1985. 22 p.
   Pamphlet box <SciRR>

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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Conference Papers Index (1973- ) Z7403.C84 <SciRR>
   See: Women

Index of Conference Proceedings Received (1974- ) Z7403.B8b <SciRR>
   See: Women
   Women Physicians

ISTP (Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings) Z7403.I4 <SciRR>
   See: Women--Scientists
   See also subheading Women under specific subject disciplines, e.g., Engineers --Women
   Scientists--Women

Proceedings in Print (1964- )
   Z5063.A2P7 <SciRR>
   See: Women

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SELECTED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Covert discrimination and women in the sciences. Edited by Judith A. Ramaley. Boulder, Colo., Published by Westview Press for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1978. 123 p. (AAAS selected symposium, 14)
   Includes bibliographies.
   Q130.C68    

European Conference on Women, Natural Sciences & Technology (1986: Helsingor, Denmark). Women challenge technology: contributions. Edited by Mona Dahms and others. [S.l., s.n.] Aalborg, Denmark, Distribution through Faggruppen Teknologi og Samfund, Institute of Development and Planning, University of Aalborg, 1986. 3 v.
    Includes bibliographies.
    "European Conference on Women, Natural Sciences & Technology, November 15th-19th, Elsinore, Denmark 1986."
   T36.E87 1986   

Hyman Blumberg Symposium on Research in Early Childhood Education (8th: 1976: Johns Hopkins University). Women and the mathematical mystique: proceedings of the eighth annual Hyman Blumberg Symposium on Research in Early Childhood Education. Edited by Lynn H. Fox, Linda Brody, and Dianne Tobin. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, c1980. 211 p. (Studies of intellectual precocity, 5)
   Includes bibliographies.
   Expanded version of a symposium of the American Association for the Advancement of Science entitled 'Women and mathematics.'
   QA27.5.H95 1976    

International Conference on the Role of Women in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in the 19th and 20th C. (1983: Veszprm, Hungary). Proceedings of the International Conference on the Role of Women in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in the 19th and 20th C., Veszprm, August 15-19, 1983. Veszprm, Hungary? s.n., 1983. 2 v.
    Includes bibliographies.
    Sponsored by UNESCO.
    Q130.I58 1983    

Minorities and women in science and technology: transcript of proceedings, Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C., Friday, 25 September 1981. Washington, Ace-Federal Reporters, 1981. 204 leaves.
    Q130.M56

Northeastern Women's Geoscientists Conference (3rd: 1979: St. Lawrence University). Women in the geosciences: proceedings of the Third Northeastern Women Geoscientists Conference, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, March 6 through 9, 1979. Editors, Charlotte Mehrtens, Susan Gosnell. Canton, NY, St. Lawrence University, c1979. 64 p. (Department of Geography and Geology, St. Lawrence University. Monograph, no. 6)
    Includes bibliographies.
    QE1.N75 1979    

Perspectives on gender and science. Edited by Jan Harding. London, New York, Falmer Press, 1986. 217 p.
    Includes bibliographies. 
    Q130.P47 1986
    "1985 meeting of Section X of the British Association for the Advancement of Science."   

The Legacy of Sonya Kovalevskaya: proceedings of a symposium. Sponsored by the Association for Women in Mathematics and the Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, held October 25-28, 1985. Linda Keen, editor. Providence, R.I., American Mathematical Society, c1987. 297 p. (Contemporary mathematics, v. 64)
    Includes bibliographies.
    For works on and by Sonya Kovalevskaya see LC Subject Heading/Name Authority "Kovalevskaia, S. V."
    QA1.L38 1987

Women and minorities in science: strategies for increasing participation. Edited by Sheila M. Humphreys. Boulder, Colo., Published by Westview Press for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1982. 218 p. (AAAS selected symposium, 66)
   Includes bibliographical references.
   "Based on a symposium ... held at the 1980 AAAS national annual meeting in San Francisco, California, January 3-8."
   Q130.W65    

Women in scientific and engineering professions. Edited by Violet B. Haas and Carolyn Perrucci. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, c1984. 246 p.
   Includes bibliographies.
   Papers originally presented as part of a national Conference on Women in the Professions: Science, Social Science, Engineering, which was held at Purdue University, Mar. 20-21, 1981.
   Q130.W66 1984    

Women in Technology Conference (1984: Loughborough University). Women in technology: proceedings of a conference held at Loughborough University, January 1984. Edited by Geoffrey Chivers, Morry van Ments. Loughborough, Eng., Centre for Extension Studies, Loughborough University of Technology, 1984. 134 p.
   Bibliography: p. 123-125.
    T6.W66 1984    

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DISSERTATIONS

Dissertations can be located by using the following indexes and CD-ROM, all located in the Library's Main Reading Room

Comprehensive Dissertation Index (1973- annual)
   Z5053.X47 MicRR
   See: Women
   Gender

Dissertation Abstracts International (1938- monthly)
   Z5053.D57 MicRR
   Series B--The Sciences and Engineering
   See: Women
   Gender

Dissertation Abstracts Ondisc
   CD-ROM <MicRR>
   See: Women and Engineering
   Women and Mathematics
   Women and Science

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SELECTED DISSERTATIONS

SELECTED DISSERTATIONS available in the Microform Reading Room

Daffin, Julianne. Work participation of a selected group of women physicians. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms, 1988. 2 microfiche, 4 x 6 in.
   UMI Microfiche AAC8814351
   Collation of original: 119 p.
   Bibliography: p. 103-108.
   Thesis (doctoral)--Georgia State University, College of Education, 1988.
   Abstracted in Dissertation Abstracts, v. 49A, Dec. 1988: 1439.

Nelson, Lynn Hankinson. Some remarks on the issues feminist critiques of science raise for empiricism. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms, 1987. 4 microfiche, 4 x 6 in.
   UMI Microfiche AAC8711384
   Collation of original: 324 p.
   Bibliography: p. 299-324.
   Thesis (doctoral)--Temple University, 1986.
   Abstracted in Dissertation Abstracts, v. 48A, Aug. 1987: 413.

Schiebinger, Londa L. Women and the origins of modern science. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms, 1985. 4 microfiche, 4 x 6 in.
   UMI Microfiche AAC8503569
   Collation of original: 376 p.
   Bibliography: p. 350-376.
   Thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, 1984.
   Abstracted in Dissertation Abstracts, v. 45A, Jun. 1985: 3725

Watson, Doris Stone. An analysis of selected factors influencing career choices of women in science. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms, 1987. 2 microfiche, 4 x 6 in.
   UMI Microfiche AAC86621969
   Collation of original: 109 p.
   Bibliography: p. 104-109.
   Thesis (doctoral)--University of North Colorado, Greeley, 1986.
   Abstracted in Dissertation Abstracts, v. 47A, Dec. 1986: 2106.

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GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

CIS Index to Publications of the United States Congress (1970- )
   KF49C62 MicRR, & N&CPR, SSRR
   See: Women
   Women in Science and Technology
   Women's Employment

Index to US Government Periodicals (1970- ) Z1223.Z9I5 SSRR
   See: Women
   Women Physicians

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications (1895- ) Z1223.A18*  N&CPR
   See: Women--Employment
   Women in Science
   Women Scientists

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SELECTED GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

Buttons to biotech: US patenting by women, 1977-1988. Washington, Patent and Trademark Office, 1990. 35 p.
   PB90-155235 <MicRR>

Demographic trends and the scientific and engineering work force: report prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment, transmitted to the Task Force on Science Policy, Committee on Science and Technology, US House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session. Washington, US Govt. Print. Off., 1987. 269 p. (Science policy study. Background report, no. 9)
   Includes bibliographical references.
   Q149.U5D46 1987

National Research Council (US). Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues. Panel on Technology and Women's Employment. Computer chips and paper clips: technology and women's employment. Heidi I. Hartmann, Robert E. Kraut, and Louise A. Tilly, editors. Panel on Technology and Women's Employment, Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council. Washington, National Academy Press, 1986-1987. 2 v.
   Includes bibliographies.
   Also available from NTIS as PB88-223839 <MicRR> and PB88-223847 <MicRR>
   HD6331.18.M39N38 1986

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology. Women, minorities, and the disabled in science and technology: hearing before the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, June 28, 1988. Washington, US Govt. Print. Off., 1988. 183 p.
   KF27.S399 1988l

United States. Task Force on Women, Minorities, and the Handicapped in Science and Technology. Changing America: the new face of science and engineering: interim report. Washington, Task Force on Women, Minorities, and the Handicapped in Science and Technology, 1988. 66 p.
   Bibliography: p. 63.
   Q130.U55 1988

Women and minorities in high technology: hearing held in San Jose, California, September 20-21, 1982: testimony. Washington, US Commission on Civil Rights, 1983. 274 p.
   HD6905.W675 1983

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VOCATIONAL/CAREER OPPORTUNITES

Career pamphlets. In Bibliography of science education resources. Prepared by Chicago Area Chapter, Association for Women in Science. Chicago, AWIS, 1989. p. 7-12.
   Pamphlet box <SciRR>

Davis, Barbara Gross, and Sheila M. Humphreys. Evaluation counts: a guide to evaluating math and science programs for women. [California?], B. G. Davis, c1983. 228 p.
   Bibliography: p. 218-224.
   QA27.5.D38 1983

Fins, Alice. Women in science. Skokie, Ill., VGM Career Horizons, c1979. 154 p.
   Q130.F56 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>

Harmon, Margaret. Ms. Engineer. Philadelphia, Westminster Press, c1979. 184 p.
   Bibliography: p. 173-177.
   TA157.H355    

Hussey, Sharon Woods. Into the world of today and tomorrow: leading girls to mathematics, science, and technology. New York, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., c1987. 32 p.
   QA27.5.H87 1987

Moody, Judith B. Status of women in the earth sciences. Geology, v. 12, Mar. 1984: 191.
   QE1.G528

Posner, Alice. Women in engineering. Skokie, Ill., VGM Career Horizons, c1981. 154 p.
   TA157.P67 1981

Sojka, Deborah. When opportunity knocks. Datamation, v. 29, Oct. 1983: 171-173, 176.
   T175.M26

Stein, Dorothy. Sex and the COBOL cabal. New scientist, v. 115, Sept. 17, 1987: 79-80.
   Q1.N52

Women encouraged to pursue chemistry careers. Chemical & engineering news, v. 63, Apr. 29, 1985: 63.
   TP1.C35

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STATISTICAL INFORMATION

American Statistics Index (1974- )
   Z7554.U5A46 MicRR, N&CPR, SSRR
   See: Scientists and Technicians
   Women
   Women's Employment

Statistical Reference Index (1980- )
   Z7554.U5S73 MRR, MicRR, N&CPR, SSRR
   See: Scientists and Technicians
   Women
   Women's Employment

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SELECTED STATISTICAL SOURCES

National Science Foundation. Science and engineering degrees: 1966-1988. A source book. Washington, The Foundation, 1990. 45 p. (NSF 90-312)
   Available in paper copy and on diskette from the National Science Foundation.
   Pamphlet box <SciRR>

Science & engineering indicators. Washington, National Science Board, US Govt. Print. Off., 1987-
   Continues Science Indicators (1972-1986) Q172.5.S34S36
   Q172.5.S34S34 <SciRR>

Science and technology data book. Washington, National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Studies, 1983-
   Distributed annually by NTIS in its PB series, e.g., 1989 edition, PB89-231765 <MicRR>
   Pamphlet box <SciRR>

Women and minorities in science and engineering. Washington, National Science Foundation, 1982-
   Q130.W648 <SciRR>

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ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING SERVICES

Abstracting and indexing services that index relevant journal articles and other literature are listed below. Some terms are suggested as aids in searching. Consult reference librarian for locations of these materials in Science Reading Room; some are available in CD-ROM format.

Applied Science & Technology Index (1913 - )
   Z7913.I7 <SciRR A&I> and CD-ROM
   See: Women--Occupations
   Women Engineers
   Women in the Computer Industry
   Women Mathematicians
   Women Meteorologists
   Women Physicists
   Women Scientists

Bibliographic Index (1937 - )
   Z1002.B595 <SciRR> <MRR>
   See: Women Medical Scientists
   Women Physicians
   Women Scientists
   Headings beginning "Women in," e.g., Women in Science

Biography Index (1946 - )
   Z5301.B5 <SciRR> <MRR Biog>
   See: Scientists
   Names of individual disciplines, e,g., Astronomers, Botanists, Chemists

Canadian Periodical Index (1964- )
   AI3.C242 MRR
   See: Women Scientists

Current Technology Index (1981- )
   Z7913.B7 <SciRR>
   See: Engineering: Profession: Women
   Scientists: Women

General Science Index (1946 - )
   Z7401.G46 <SciRR A&I>
   See: Women Scientists
   Women Physicians

Index Medicus (1960- )
   Z7401.G46 <SciRR>
   See: Women
   Physicians, Women

Magazine Index (1981 - )
   Available in several formats at LC
   See: Women Scientists
   Women Engineers
   Women Mathematicians
   Women Physicians
   Headings beginning 'Women in,' e.g., Women in Aeronautics

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1900 - )
   AI3.R48 SSRR
   See: Women--Occupations
   Women Chemists
   Women in Space Sciences
   Women Physicians
   Women Physicists
   Women Scientists
   Women Surgeons

Women Studies Abstracts (1972- )
   Z7962.W65 MRR
   See: Biologists
   Engineers
   Feminist Science
   Physicians
   Science
   Scientists

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JOURNALS

Journals that often contain relevant articles on digital photography include the following:

JAMA
R15.A48
Journal of Chemical Education
QD1.J93
Journal of the American Medical Women's Association R15.A7413
New Scientist Q1.N52
Physics Today QC1.P658
Science Q1.S35

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SELECTED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Bar-Haim, Gabriel, and John M. Wilkes. A cognitive interpretation of the marginality and underrepresentation of women in science. Journal of higher education, v. 60, July/Aug. 1989: 371-387.
   LA1153.J67

Basalla, George. Mary Somerville: a neglected popularizer of science. New scientist, v. 18, Mar. 7, 1963: 531-533.
   Q1.N52

Bolton, S. R. Women in physics: what can be done? American journal of physics, v. 57, May 1989: 392-393.
   QC1.A47

Bruer, John T. Women in science: toward equitable participation. Science, technology, & human values, v. 9, summer 1984: 3-7.
   Q175.4.S365

Finn, Michael G. Understanding the higher unemployment rate of women scientists and engineers. American economic review, v. 73, Dec. 1983: 1137-1140.
   HB1.E26

Foley, Deborah A. Attracting new civil engineers--adapting to changes in work force. Journal of professional issues in engineering, v. 113, July 1987: 221-228.
   TA1.A52322

Freckman, Diana W. The scientist shortage and the gender gap. BioScience, v. 39, Sept. 1989: 523.
   QH1.A277

Kahle, Jane Butler. Women biologists: a view and a vision. BioScience, v. 35, Apr. 1985: 230-234.
   QH1.A277

Kenschaft, Patricia G. Black women in mathematics in the United States. American mathematical monthly, v. 88, Oct. 1981: 592-603.
   QA1.A515

Koblitz, A. H. Science, women, and the Russian intelligentsia: the generation of the 1860's. Isis, v. 79, June 1988: 208-226.
   Q1.I7

Lankford, John, and Rickey L. Slavings. Gender and science: women in American astronomy, 1859-1940. Physics today, v. 43, Mar. 1990: 58-65.
   QC1.P658

Lynn, Marcia C., and Janet S. Hyde. Gender, mathematics, and science. Educational researcher, v. 18, Nov. 1989: 17-19, 22-27.
   L11.A12

Manthorpe, Catherine. Feminists look at science. New scientist, v. 105, Mar. 7, 1985: 29-31.
   Q1.N52

Parrish, John B. Women continue to rise in the professions. Chemical engineering progress, v. 84, Jan. 1988: 50-56.
   TP1.A6

Rubin, Vera. Women's work. Science, v. 287, July/Aug. 1986: 58, 60-65.
   Q1.S35 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>

Turner, Judith Axler. More women are earning doctorates in mathematics, but few are being hired by top universities. Chronicle of higher education, Dec. 6, 1989: A13-A15.
   A227.3.C48

Walton, Anne. Attitudes toward women scientists. Chemtech, v. 16, June 1986: 396-401.
   TP1.I612

Weiss, Lois. Academic women in science 1977-1984. Academe, v. 73, Jan./Feb. 1987: 43-47.
   LB2301.A3

Zuckerman, Harriet, and Jonathan R. Cole. Women in American science. Minerva, v. 13, spring 1975: 82-102. A
   S121.M5

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TECHNICAL REPORTS

Government Reports Announcements & Index (1946- )
   Z7916.G78 <SciRR>
   See: Women

RIE (Resources in Education) (1966- )
   Z5813.R4 SSRR
   See: Women's Education
   Women in Science
   Women's Studies
   Science Careers
   Scientists

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SELECTED TECHNICAL REPORTS

Attracting and retaining women students for science and engineering. A report from the Committee on the Status of Women in Ontario Universities. Toronto, Council of Ontario Universities, 1988. 28 p.
   ED297646 <MicRR>

Feminism within the science and health care professions: overcoming resistance. Edited by Sue V. Rosser. Oxford, Eng., New York, Pergamon Press, 1988. 168 p.
   Includes bibliographies.
   Q181.F32 1988

Feminist approaches to science. Edited by Ruth Bleier. New York, Pergamon Press, 1986. 212 p.
   Q175.5.F46 1986 and ED 297990 <MicRR>

Kay, N. W. Database on minorities and women in science, engineering, and technology. Center for the Advancement of Science Engineering and Technology, July 1988.
   Not in LC Collections
   Available from NTIS as AD-A198284.

Kay, N. W. Extended database on minorities and women in science, engineering, and technology. Center for the advancement of science, engineering, and technology, April 1988.
   Not in LC Collections
   Available from NTIS as AD-A197200.

Rothschild, Joan. Teaching technology from a feminist perspective: a practical guide. New York, Pergamon Press, 1988. 171 p.
   Bibliography: p. 80-93.
   T56.4.R68 1988    

Women: their underrepresentation and career differentials in science and engineering. Proceedings of a workshop (Washington, DC : Oct. 9, 1986). Edited by Linda S. Dix. Washington, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, 1987. 191 p.
   ED285752 <MicRR>or PB87-189726 <MicRR>

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SELECTED MATERIALS

Selected materials available in the Science Reading Room pamphlet boxes include the following:

Cole, Jonathan R., and Harriet Zuckerman. Marriage, motherhood and research performance in science. Scientific American, v. 256, Feb. 1987: 119-125.

Green, Judy, and Jeanne LaDuke. Women in American mathematics: a century of contributions. In A Century of mathematics in America, Part II. Edited by Peter Duren. Providence, RI, American Mathematical Society, c1989. p. 379-398.

Judson, Horace Freeland. Annals of science: the legend of Rosalind Franklin. Science digest, v. 94, Jan. 1986: 56-59, 78-83.

Labastille, Anne. Eight women in the wild. International wildlife, v. 13, Jan./Feb. 1983: 36-43.

McCullough, David. A Rothschild who is known as the queen of the fleas. (Miriam Rothschild). Smithsonian, v. 16, June 1985: 139-154.

Pramer, Stacey. Mary Fieser: a transitional figure in the history of women. Journal of chemical education, v. 62, Mar. 1985: 186-191.

Schiebinger, Londa L. Maria Winckelmann at the Berlin Academy: a turning point for women in science. Isis, v. 78, June 1987: 174-200.

Widnall, Sheila E. AAAS Presidential Lecture: voices from the pipeline. Science, v. 241, Sept. 20, 1988: 1740-1745.

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ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION

American Medical Women's Association
801 Fairfax Street
Suite 400
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Telephone: (703) 838-0500

Association for Women in Science
1522 K Street, NW
Suite 820
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: (202) 408-0742

Society of Women Geographers
1619 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Telephone: (202) 265-2669

Association for Women in Mathematics
P.O. Box 178
Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181
Telephone: (617) 235-0320

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