Book ID: CBB993697030

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

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Ayres, Peter G. (Author)


Palgrave Macmillan


Publication Date: 2020
Physical Details: 247
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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Review Brigitte Van Tiggelen (2023) Review of "Women and the Natural Sciences in Edwardian Britain: In Search of Fellowship". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 409-412). unapi

Review Andre Michael Hahn (2021) Review of "Women and the Natural Sciences in Edwardian Britain: In Search of Fellowship". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 619-620). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Rayner-Canham, Marelene F.
Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey W.
Mechthild Koreuber
Rayner-Canham, Geoff
Rayner-Canham, Marelene
Wilson, David A. H.
Concepts
Women in science
Societies; institutions; academies
Science and gender
Chemistry
Science education and teaching
Psychology
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Modern
21st century
20th century, late
Places
Great Britain
Spain
United States
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones Científicas (Spain)
London School of Medicine for Women (LSMW)
Royal Society of Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Chemical Society, London
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