This is a biography of a multifaceted technological object, the IUD. The book illuminates how political contexts shaped contraceptive development, marketing, use, and users.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Why do so few women occupy positions of power and prestige? Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. According to Valian, men and women alike have implicit hypotheses about gender differences—gender schemas—that create small sex differences in characteristics, behavior…
Experts investigate the reasons for low female participation in computing and suggest strategies for moving toward parity through studies of middle and high school girls, female students and postsecondary computer science programs, and women in the information technology workforce.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
The colorful lives of these women, who often traveled in the most avant-garde circles of their day, are presented in fascinating detail. The obstacles and censures that were also a part of their lives are a sobering reminder of the bias against women still present in this and other fields of academic endeavor. Mathematicians, science historians, and general readers will find this book a lively …
A rich exploration of the extraordinary life and work of celebrated architect Yasmeen Lari. After more than three decades as a renowned global architect, Yasmeen Lari, the first woman to open her own architecture firm in Pakistan in 1964, developed Zero Carbon Architecture, which unites ecological and social justice. This volume, edited by Angelika Fitz, Elke Krasny, and Marvi Mazhar, presents …
"The story of how a self-consious schoolgirl who worried she wasn't smart became the president of Wellesley College, and a leader in philanthropy and social change"--Includes index.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Cracking the Bro-Code is an ethnography that engages women navigating male-dominated cultures of computing. It provides evidence of women's experiences to reveal the values and practices of U.S.-based high-tech institutions and how they reproduce discrimination and harassment not only in their workplaces, but also in the broader political economy"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Based on extensive archival research in the voluminous Science Service records at the Smithsonian Institution, Writing for Their Lives focuses on a remarkable group of women whose contributions to science and journalism deserve greater recognition"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"An examination of the factors that influence women's rise to leadership in male-dominated industries, informed by scholarly research and personal interviews"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"This edition of A World of Women follows the text of the 1913 edition published by W. Heinemann, which is in the public domain""When a plague kills off most of England's male population, Mr. Gosling abandons his family for a life of lechery and his daughters find meaningful roles in a female-dominated agricultural commune"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.