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Women in Engineering

A Good Place To Be?

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Ruth Carter
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  2. Gill Kirkup
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  • Reveals soft underbelly and early carreer of WWII hero
    Amusing and touching love story makes mathematics accessible
    Charming twenties courtship featuring endearing characters
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Part of the book series: Women in Society: A Feminist List (WOSOFEL)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Ruth Carter, Gill Kirkup
    Pages 1-6

  3. Setting the scene

    • Ruth Carter, Gill Kirkup
    Pages 7-20

  4. The daily round

    • Ruth Carter, Gill Kirkup
    Pages 21-35

  5. The critical step

    • Ruth Carter, Gill Kirkup
    Pages 36-49

  6. Education

    • Ruth Carter, Gill Kirkup
    Pages 50-75

  7. Public lives

    • Ruth Carter, Gill Kirkup
    Pages 76-99

  8. Private lives

    • Ruth Carter, Gill Kirkup
    Pages 100-121

  9. Commitment to a career

    • Ruth Carter, Gill Kirkup
    Pages 122-139

  10. Engineering, technology and personal values

    • Ruth Carter, Gill Kirkup
    Pages 140-153

  11. Working for change

    • Ruth Carter, Gill Kirkup
    Pages 154-171

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 172-194
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About this book

From the 1920s comes a tale of passionate love persisting through opposition. In 1922 Barnes Wallis, aged 35, fell for Molly Bloxam who was setting off to study science at University. Her father decreed Barnes must teach Molly mathematics in his letters. Mathematics with Love presents, for the first time, the tender and witty results of this curious dictat, deftly narrated by the couple's daughter, Mary. This evocative snapshot of a twenties courtship offers a surprising insight into the early life of a World War Two hero, and a great way to learn a little mathematics.

About the authors

Mary Stopes-Roe is the daughter of Barnes Wallis and Molly Bloxam. Trained as a historian and psychologist, Mary worked for many years at the University of Birmingham where she studied parent-child interactions within families of Asian and British ethnic origin. Since retirement she has been archiving her family's papers, among which she discovered her parents' courtship letters. Mary and her husband Harry have two sons and two daughters and ten grandchildren.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Women in Engineering

  • Book Subtitle: A Good Place To Be?

  • Authors: Ruth Carter, Gill Kirkup

  • Series Title: Women in Society: A Feminist List

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20409-0

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Ruth Carter and Gill Kirkup 1990

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 194

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Engineering, general, Gender Studies

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