Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Part I Introduction
1. Women in the History of Science: Frameworks, Themes and Contested PerspectivesClaire G. Jones, Alison E. Martin and Alexis Wolf
Part II Strategies and Networks
2. The Natural Philosophy of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle: Nature, Self-Knowing Matter, and the Dialogic UniverseBrandie R. Siegfried
3. Navigating Enlightenment Science: The Case of Marie Gen vieve-Charlotte Darlus Thiroux D'Arconville and Gabrielle milie Le Tonnelier De Breteuil and the Republic of LettersLeigh Whaley
4. 'A Valuable Gift': The Medical Life of Margaret Mason, Lady Mount CashellAlexis Wolf
5. Janet Taylor (1804-1870): Mathematical Instrument Maker and Teacher of NavigationJohn S. Croucher
6. Early Female Geologists: The Importance of Professional and Educational Societies during the Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth CenturiesCynthia V. Burek
Part III Making Women Visible: Institutions, Archives, and Inclusion
7. Where are the Women? How Archives can Reveal Hidden Women in ScienceAnne Barrett
8. 'A Very Worthy Lady': Women Lecturing at the Royal Geographical Society, 1913 - C.1940Sarah L. Evans
9. Women at the Royal Society Soir e Before the Great WarClaire G. Jones
10. Career Paths Dependent and Supported: The Role of Women's Universities in Ensuring Access to STEM Education and Research Careers in JapanNaonori Kodate and Kashiko Kodate
11. Internationalism and Women Mathematicians at the University of G ttingenRenate Tobies
Part IV Cultures of Science
12. Astronomy, Education and the Herschel Family: From Caroline to ConstanceEmily Winterburn
13. Domestic Astronomy in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth CenturiesGabriella Bernardi
14. Darwin and the Feminists: Nineteenth-Century Debates about Female InferiorityAmanda M. Caleb
15. Women, Gender and Computing: The Social Shaping of a Technical Field from Ada Lovelace's Algorithm to Anita Borg's 'Systers'Corinna Schlombs
16. The Cultural Context of Gendered Science: IndiaCarol C. Mukhopadhyay
17. A Seat at the Table: Women and the Periodic SystemAnnette Lykknes and Brigitte Van Tiggelen
Part V Science Communication
18. Mediating Knowledge: Women Translating ScienceAlison E. Martin
19. Queen Lovisa Ulrika of Sweden (1720-1782): Philosophe and CollectorAnne E. Harbers and Andrea M. G ldy
20. Marianne North and Scientific IllustrationPhilip Kerrigan
21. The Cycle of Credit and Phatic Communication in Science: The Case of Catherine HenleyJordynn Jack
22. Rachel Carson: Scientist, Public Educator and EnvironmentalistRuth Watts
23. Representing Women Scientists in Science-Based Film and TelevisionAmy Chambers
Part VI Access, Diversity and Practice
24. Catalysts, Compilers and Expositors: Rethinking Women's Pivotal Contributions to Nineteenth Century 'Physical Sciences'Mary Orr
25. 'The Question is One of Extreme Difficulty': The Admission of Women to the British and Irish Medical Profession, C. 1850-1920Laura Kelly
26. The Work of B