Book ID: CBB785418051

Women and the Natural Sciences in Edwardian Britain: In Search of Fellowship (2020)

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Ayres, Peter G. (Author)


Springer Nature


Publication Date: 2020
Physical Details: 240
Language: English

This book tells the story of how women first fought for inclusion among scientific societies in Edwardian Britain. Though educational opportunities in schools and universities were improving, there were few fellowships or chances of paid employment in the sciences. Excluded from most scientific societies, women were deprived of not just the chance to share their scientific experiences with other enthusiasts but of mixing with and impressing potential employers. Barriers were overcome in many cases, but not in all. This book will explore the lives of individual women who were brave pioneers and by the outbreak of WWI had proved that they were the equals of men. Many at the heart of the struggle within the sciences were also involved in the fight for suffrage, their success in the sciences helping to change men's attitudes towards women.

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Authors & Contributors
Hlade, Josef
Sagal, Anna Katerina
Withers, Charles W. J.
Sturkenboom, Dorothée
Stebut, Janita Von
Serrano, Elena
Concepts
Women in science
Science and gender
Science and society
Societies; institutions; academies
Natural science
Professions and professionalization
Time Periods
20th century, early
18th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
Places
Great Britain
Germany
England
United States
Netherlands
Spain
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norges tekniske høgskole)
Natuurkundig Genootschap der Dames
British Association for the Advancement of Science
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