Recommended Readings
- Visualizing Women in Science, Mathematics and Engineering
Poster Project,
SUNY Stony Brook Mathematics Department
- Rachel Carson, Witness for Nature, by Linda Lear. Owl Books. ISBN: 0-8050-3428-5
- Complexities: Women in Mathematics, Betty Anne Case and Anne M. Leggett, Editor, Princeton University Press (Comment: suitable for educators, researchers).
- She Does Math, Real-Life Problems from Women on the Job, Marla Parker, Editor, Mathematical Association of America (Comment: suitable for all ages)
- Silent Spring, Rachel Carson, Mariner Books (Comment: suitable for young adults and up)
- Young Women of Achievement, A Resource for girls in Science, Math, and Technology, Frances Karnes, Kristen Stephens, Prometheus Books (Comment: suitable for all ages)
- Dare to Dream, 25 Extraordinary Lives, Sandra McLeod Humphrey, Prometheus Books (Comment: suitable all ages)
- Women and Numbers, Lives of Women Mathematicians plus Discovery Activities, Teri Perl, Wide World Publish/Tetra (Comment: Suitable for all ages)
Read about
Dr. Julia Hall Bowman Robinson, American Mathematician:
- Read this
biography of Julia Robinson by the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
- Being Julia Robinson's Sister, an article adapted from a banquet talk given by Constance Reid, July 1996.
- The Autobiography of Julia Robinson, by Julia's sister, Constance Reid, The College Mathematics Journal , Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jan., 1986), pp. 2-21
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Julia: A Life in Mathematics, by Constance Reid, The Mathematical Association
of America (July 1, 1997). Read a
review of this book.
Read about
Dr. Helen Brooke Taussig, American Pediactric Cardiologist:
born 1898, Cambridge, Massachusetts; died May 20, 1986, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania:
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To Heal the Heart of a Child: Helen Taussig, M.D., by Joyce Baldwin,
Walker & Company (June 1, 1992) —
Joyce Baldwin's biography of Dr. Helen Taussig is an admiring testimonial to the woman
who became the world's foremost authority on pediatric cardiology,
doing so despite personal and societal difficulty. Taussig overcame not only the
gender discrimination of the early 1920s, which prevented her from being
admitted to Harvard's medical school, but also a severe learning disability and deafness.
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Biographical information
on the 'whonamedit.com' site
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Biographical information
from the National Library of Medicine
Read about
Dr. Florence Bascom, "the first woman geologist in this country" (1862-1945):
Read about
Women in Chemistry:
Women in Math, Science, and Engineering — General Information:
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Complexities : Women in Mathematics, Bettye Anne Case (Editor),
Anne M. Leggett (Editor), Princeton University Press (January 4, 2005)
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101 Careers in Mathematics, 2ed., Andrew Sterrett, The Mathematical
Association of America
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Young Women of Achievement, A Resource for Girls in Science, Math, and
Technology, Frances A. Karnes and Kristen R. Stephens, Prometheus Books
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Celebrating
America's Women Physicians
— an exhibition honoring the lives and acheivements of women in medicine
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Biographies of Women
Mathematicians, part of an on-going project by students
at Agnes Scott College, in Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate the numerous
achievements of women in the field of mathematics.
Links to websites pertaining to Women in Math, Science, and Engineering:
- Girls Go Tech — No matter where you live or what language you speak, math, science and technology play an important part in your everyday life. Take a look around, and you'll start to notice that math, science and technology are everywhere!
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Archives
of Women in Science and Engineering — from Iowa State University,
the Archives of Women in Science and Engineering seeks to preserve the historical
heritage of American women in science and engineering, by soliciting, collecting,
arranging, and describing personal papers of women scientists and engineers
as well as the records of national and regional women's organizations in these fields.
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Association for
Women in Mathematics (AWM) —
a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging women and girls in the
mathematical sciences.
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Association for
Women in Science (AWIS) —
a nonprofit organization dedicated to achieving equity and full participation
for women in science, mathematics, engineering and technology.
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Black Women in Mathematics —
Less than 1% of all mathematicians are Black. 25% of these are women.
This website is dedicated to them.
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Society of
Women Engineers —
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE), founded in 1950, is a not-for-profit
educational and service organization, that establishes engineering as a
highly desirable career aspiration for women. SWE empowers women to succeed
and advance in those aspirations and be recognized for their life-changing
contributions and achievements as engineers and leaders.
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Society of
Women Engineers, Humboldt Section, at Humboldt State University
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Women in Astronomy
— Sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy for the American
Astronomical Society — Ancient Chinese saying: "Women Hold up Half the Sky"
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Women
in Cell Biology Commitee of the American Society for Cell Biology
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Women in
Engineering Organization
WIEO.org was created because the field of engineering needs more women
who can bring innovative ideas to the industry.
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Women in Mathematics Information
Server — An activity of the Mathematical Association of America Committee
for the Participation of Women
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Women
in Neuroscience —
Women in Neuroscience (WIN) was founded in 1980 as an international organization
with the chief purpose of fostering the development and career advancement of women
scientists, particularly in the field of neuroscience.
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Women
in Physics —
a professional group of the Institute of Physics.
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Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) — Led by Professors
Sheila Blumstein and David Targan, faculty, students, and administrators
at Brown University founded the WiSE Program to support women in the sciences,
mathematics, and engineering. There is a list of fellowships and scholarships
compiled by WiSE (click on Fellowships/Scholarships on the WiSE homepage).
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Women in Technology
International (WITI) — Founded in 1989, WITI's mission is to empower women
worldwide to achieve unimagined possibilities and transformations through technology,
leadership and economic prosperity.
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List of
Groups Relating to Women in Mathematics — a list, with some links, from
Yale University
Links to other websites pertaining to Math, Science, and Engineering:
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Math Awareness Month
April is 'Math Awareness Month.'
This year's theme is Mathematics and Internet Security.