Some History of Women in Science Resources

I'd like to recommend my book, Women Scientists from Antiquity to the Present: An Index, which was published by Locust Hill Press, West Cornwall CT, in 1986. It is out of print now, but is available in major libraries, and Women Scientists from Antiquity to the Present is also listed by Amazon.com.

NEW: A new, revised, and greatly expanded version of Women Scientists from Antiquity to the Present: An Index is now in preparation. My coauthors will be Louise Grinstein and Carol Biermann. If you have some thoughts about additional women who you believe should be included, or if you have noted any errors in the original volume, please contact me at the email address carol@herzenberg.net.

Here are some internet pages and sites relating to the history of women in science and engineering:

  • Gender and Science
  • Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
  • 4000 Years of Women in Science
  • Biographies of Women Mathematicians
  • Past Notable Women of Computing & Mathematics
  • The History of Women in Astronomy
  • Archives of Women in Science and Engineering
  • The Hypatia Institute
  • Index of Women Scientists Profiled in "The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences"
  • Women Pioneers in Science
  • Distinguished Women of Past and Present - physics
  • Female Nobel Prize Laureates
  • Powering the Electrical Revolution: Women and Technology

    Some sites dealing with women scientists at particular locations:

  • AMITA/MacVicar Oral History Project (MIT)
  • The Contributions of Women to the United States Naval Observatory
  • Women and Argonne: Partners in Science and Technology(Note: at present this can only be accessed from Argonne National Laboratory on-site)

    Some sites dealing especially with women scientists of antiquity:

  • Women Scientists of Antiquity

    Here are a few sites relating to individual women scientists:

  • Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity
  • Marie Curie and the NBS Radium Standards
    and my web page under construction about Mileva Maric Einstein.

    Here's a brief timeline of historical highlights relating to women's participation in science.

    Would you like to read a poem about the astronomer Caroline Herschel, written by Siv Cedering?

    Here is another poem that Larry Turner of Argonne National Laboratory wrote after attending a talk on the history of women in science.

    You might also wish to visit the history of science and women in science and women of the Manhattan Project and some scientists and their accomplishments web pages for related information.

    This page updated 24 March 2003.
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