Thesis ID: CBB001562238

Crafting a Science Life: Learning from Twentieth-Century Women (2002)

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Lenz, Michele Ann (Author)


Mitchener, Carole
University of Illinois at Chicago


Publication Date: 2002
Edition Details: Advisor: Mitchener, Carole
Physical Details: 210 pp.
Language: English

This study examined how women in the field of science craft a science life. Within a historical and cultural framework, the study analyzed the autobiographies, biographies, and other written works of five noted women scientists who lived during the time period of 1878 through 1992. The women scientists chosen for the study were Lise Meitner, Florence Seibert, Barbara McClintock, Rita Levi-Montalcini, and Rosalind Franklin. Together they represented the three major science disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics. I attempted to make sense of my own science life using the stories of the women scientists as a framework. Situating my experiences within the context of the lives of the women scientists allowed me to use a phenomenological approach to discern commonalities within their lives and my own. The results indicated that the women scientists and myself encountered multiple obstacles in terms of access and equity. However, it was also indicated that all of the women in the study developed a variety of techniques, including resistance and accommodation, in order to navigate these obstacles while still being able to pursue their chosen career path. These women did, however, make great sacrifices that cost them personally, emotionally, financially, and even in terms of their career advancement. Their success was closely tied to their ability to forge their own path, to create their own way of living, and to accept themselves as nonconformists.

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Description Cited in Diss. Abstr. Int. A 63 (2003): 4233. UMI order no. 3074154.


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Authors & Contributors
Glynn, Jenifer
Comfort, Nathaniel C.
Evans, Rhodri
Jones, Shelly M.
Whitlock, Catherine
Guo, Zhen-qing
Concepts
Biographies
Women in science
DNA; RNA
Genetics
Medicine
Science and gender
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
17th century
Places
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Russia
Institutions
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
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