women in science

Examines how Marie Curie overcame major obstacles, discovered radium, and became one of history's greatest scientists.

Examines the challenges women have faced in their attempts to pursue careers in science and engineering, looking at views of women's intellectual abilities, discussing the education of women from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, describing the rising involvement of women in the field in the 1900s and the obstacles they encountered, and including profiles of three women who did not get the recognition they deserved.

Profiles ten women who have overcome many forms of adversity, to triumph in the scientific and medical fields.

Includes biographies of ten women who have made significant contributions to modern science, including Barbara McClintock, Katsuko Saruhashi, E. Margaret Burbidge, and Lydia Phindile Makhubu.

Profiles the lives and achievements of ten American women scientists, including Annie Jump Cannon, Margaret Mead, and Rachel Carson.

Chronicles the lives and achievements of six noted female scientists, including astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell, primatologist Dian Fossey, and anthropologist Margaret Mead.

Describes the efforts of six women to achieve success as scientists. Emphasizes the particular problems faced in combining a career with family responsibilities and in overcoming prejudice against women scientists.

Profiles nearly forty important multicultural women in scientific history, each with a hands-on activity and several critical thinking activities. Covers environmental, Earth and space, and life science; chemistry and physics; medicine; and technology.

Biographies of 12 women pioneers and leaders in a variety of scientific fields.

Introduces 10 brilliant women whose research has helped to shape the course of science, a thus far male-dominated field.