Overview

This book presents new research on women scientists who enjoyed careers at industrial corporations during the first seven decades of the twentieth century. What positions were they able to achieve? What was the relationship between academic and industrial research? How open were certain industrial sectors - the electrical, chemical, cosmetic, nuclear, and optical sectors in particular - to hiring female researchers? Were women working in certain industries better able to acquire patents than those in others? What role did patronage play at the time? How did political turmoil affect women's careers? How did career opportunities differ from one country to another? This book focuses on women who were active in Germany, Russia, and the United States, but the situation in Greece, France, and Great Britain is also addressed. Each of the chapters is based on new sources, including materials from corporate archives. On the basis of these findings and their own work, the editors have formulated a series of general theses concerning the conditions of women working in industrial research.

Full Product Details

9783515106702

Table of Contents

Reviews

In jedem Fall sticht dieser sorgfaltig editierte Band dadurch hervor, dass er nicht nur ein bisher weithin unbekanntes Berufsumfeld fur hochqualifizierte Frauen in sehr lesbarer Form prasentiert. Er regt zudem mit seiner Fulle an neuen empirischen Ergebnissen uber Frauen in der Industrieforschung mitsamt den Angaben zu deren Biografien zu weiterer Lekture und Forschung an.

Author Information

Renate Tobies, a historian of mathematics and science at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena (Germany), studied mathematics, chemistry, physics, and pedagogy, and completed her doctoral degree and Habilitation at the University of Leipzig while working at the Karl Sudhoff Institute with Hans Wussing. She was the managing editor of the International Journal of History of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine for twenty years. After Wussing's retirement, she became a visiting professor at the University of Kaiserslautern and taught the history of science and technology at the University of Stuttgart. In addition, she has held visiting professorships at the Universities of Braunschweig, Jena, Saarbrucken, and Linz. She is a Corresponding Member of the Academie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences (Paris) und a Foreign Member of the Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters (Kristiansand, Norway). Her main research fields are the history of mathematics and its applications, and women in mathematics, science, and technology. Annette B. Vogt is a historian of mathematics and science at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for the History of Science in Berlin (Germany). After studying mathematics and physics at the University of Leipzig, she received a Diplom in mathematics and a Ph.D. in the history of mathematics from the same university. After working at the Institute for Science Studies and the History of Science at the Academy of Science in Berlin (East), she has been a research scholar at the MPI for the History of Science since 1994. She also teaches the history of science and mathematics at the Humboldt University in Berlin. From 2009 until 2013, she was an assessor for the Council of the DHST/IUHPST (Division for History of Science and Technology of the IUHPST), and as of 2013 she has been its secretary general. She is a Corresponding Member of the Academie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences (Paris). Her main research fields are the history of mathematics, women in science, and the history of Jewish scientists.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available