Taking to the field : a history of Australian women in science / Jane Carey.
If asked to name an Australian woman scientist from the past, very few could. Let's change that. Histories of Australian science largely overlook women. Their absence gives the impression that, until recently, there were no Australian women scientists. But this is far from true: women formed a much...
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Clayton, Victoria, Australia :
Monash University Publishing,
[2023]
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| Physical Description: | viii, 309 pages ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction: women, science, and history
- 'Of great use to science': women and colonial scientific discovery
- 'Pioneers'" studying science, 1880-1920
- Taking on the profession: women working in science, 1900-1920s
- Making a better world? Women and the (racial) science of social reform, 1890-1940
- Neither rebels nor radicals: Studying and working in science, 1930s-1950s
- A profession for men: the transformation of Australian science, 1940-1960
- Conclusion: where did all the women go?
- Appendix 1: women studying science at Australian Universities, 1885-2020
- Appendix 2: women staff of Australian Universities, 1929-1955.