Women Scientists in America: Before Affirmative Action, 1940-1972 Volume 2

by Margaret W. Rossiter and Professor Margaret W. Rossiter

Book Overview

Winner of the Pfizer Award for Outstanding Book in the History of Science

Margaret Rossiter's widely hailed Women Scientists in America: Struggles and Strategies to 1940 marked the beginning of a pioneering effort to interpret the history of American women scientists. That effort continues in this provocative sequel that covers the crucial years of World War II and beyond. Rossiter begins by showing how the acute labor shortage brought...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801857112
• ISBN13: 9780801857119
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"