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Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Wayne, an independent scholar and author of Women Thinking: Feminism and Transcendentalism in 19th Century America, Encyclopedia of Transcendentalism and Women's Roles in 19th Century America, has written a comprehensive two-volume set considering the expanded—if still limited—role of American women in science. Volume 1 begins with a series of essays exploring the issues women scientists had to overcome to succeed in the profession. Thi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2011
Gr 7 Up—In this long-overdue successor to Martha J. Bailey's American Women in Science (1994) and its sequel, American Women in Science, 1950 to the Present (1998, both ABC-CLIO), Wayne enhances the profiles of 500 researchers and educators with 10 historical or issues-related essays and 29 field-by-field international overviews. The topical and overview essays at the beginning of the set range from an examination of the controversy over supposed "science genes" or o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More