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Women Scientists: The Road to Liberation

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
  2. Opportunities for Women in Science

    • Derek Richter
    Pages 1-13
  3. Opportunities for Women Scientists in India

    • Kamala Sohonie
    Pages 14-23
  4. It Takes More Than Luck

    • Marian W. Kies
    Pages 24-44
  5. Becoming an Anthropologist

    • Chie Nakane
    Pages 45-60
  6. The Wild Cat

    • Liana Bolis
    Pages 61-74
  7. The Achievement of Iranian Women in Science

    • Tahereh M. Z. Rahmani
    Pages 75-98
  8. Reflections on a Scientific Adventure

    • Rita Levi-Montalcini
    Pages 99-117
  9. Women Scientists in Sweden

    • Inga Fischer-Hjalmars
    Pages 118-135
  10. Women in Cambridge Biochemistry

    • Dorothy Needham
    Pages 158-163
  11. The Progress of Science in Africa

    • W. Muta Maathai
    Pages 164-184
  12. Autobiography of an Unknown Woman

    • R. Rajalakshmi
    Pages 185-210
  13. Conclusion

    • Baroness Nancy Seear
    Pages 211-214
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 215-219

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Women Scientists: The Road to Liberation

  • Editors: Derek Richter

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81342-1

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1982

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 219

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: History of Science, Gender Studies, Social History