Creating Complicated Lives
Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2012
208 pages
978-0-7735-8795-3 (ISBN)
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The nearly forgotten history and complex career paths of the first Canadian women scientists.
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Marianne Gosztonyi Ainley | Marelene Rayner-Canham | Geoff Rayner-Canham
Creating Complicated Lives
Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980
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12/2012
McGill-Queen's University Press
€33.00
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Marianne Gosztonyi Ainley | Marelene Rayner-Canham | Geoff Rayner-Canham
Creating Complicated Lives
Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980
Book
12/2012
McGill-Queen's University Press
€154.50
Article not available at the moment
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Ainley Marianne:
Marianne Ainley (1937-2008) was principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University, as well as dean of Women's Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia.Marianne Gosztonyi Ainley (1937-2008) was principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University, as well as dean of Women's Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia. Marelene Rayner-Canham is a retired instructor in Physics and Geoff Rayner-Canham is a professor of Chemistry at the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University. They are co-editors of A Devotion to their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity and co-authors of Harriet Brooks: Pioneer Nuclear Scientist.
Marianne Ainley (1937-2008) was principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University, as well as dean of Women's Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia.Marianne Gosztonyi Ainley (1937-2008) was principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University, as well as dean of Women's Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia. Marelene Rayner-Canham is a retired instructor in Physics and Geoff Rayner-Canham is a professor of Chemistry at the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University. They are co-editors of A Devotion to their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity and co-authors of Harriet Brooks: Pioneer Nuclear Scientist.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Editors' Note
- Foreword
- Introduction: Shifting Lenses
- 1 A Complicated Life: My Journey to Feminist Enlightenment
- 2 New Horizons: Women and Science in Academe, 1880-1920
- 3 Academic Realities of Single Women, 1920-1980
- 4 Complicated Lives I: Family Life and Science, 1920-1950
- 5 Complicated Lives II: Family Life and Science after 1950
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
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- F
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- I
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- N
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