Women in the Biological Sciences: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook

by Carol A. Biermann, Louise S. Grinstein, Rose K. Rose

Overview

Biology textbooks and books on the history of science generally give a limited picture of the roles women have played in the growth and development of the biological sciences, mentioning primarily the Nobel laureates. This book provides a definitive archival collection of essays on a larger group of women, profiling both their work and their lives. The volume includes 65 representative women from different countries and eras, and from as many branches of biological investigation as possible. In addition to biographical information and an evaluation of the woman's career and significance, each entry provides a full bibliographic listing of works by and about the subject.

The volume includes entries on women who have gained recognition through attainment of advanced degrees despite familial and societal pressures, innovative research results, influence exerted in teaching and guidance of students, active participation and leadership in professional societies, extensive scholarly publication, participation on jourbanal editorial boards, extensive field experience, and influence on public and political scientific policymaking. A woman was considered eligible for inclusion if she met several of these criteria. Providing a historical perspective, the book is limited to women who were born before 1930 or are deceased.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313291807
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/16/1997
Series:	Bibliographies and Indexes in Military
Pages:	640
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.38(d)

About the Author

LOUISE S. GRINSTEIN is Professor Emerita of Mathematics and Computer Science at Kingsborough Community College of CUNY. She is also the coeditor of Women in Chemistry and Physics: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook (Greenwood, 1993) and Women in Mathematics: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook (Greenwood, 1987).

CAROL A. BIERMANN is Professor of Biological Sciences at Kingsborough Community College of CUNY. She is the author of numerous articles and papers.

ROSE K. ROSE is Professor of Physical Sciences at Kingsborough Community College of CUNY. She is the author of several articles and books, and coeditor (with Louise S. Grinstein) of Women in Chemistry and Physics (Greenwood, 1993).

Table of Contents

Foreword by Martha Chiscon
Preface
Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (1822-1907) by Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie
Hattie Elizabeth Alexander (1901-1968) by Soraya Svoronos
Agnes Robertson Arber (1879-1960) by Maura C. Flannery
Charlotte Auerbach (1899- ) by Linda E. Roach and Scott S. Roach
Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (1863-1948) by Harriet Kofalk
Rachel Littler Bodley (1831-1888) by Ronald L. Stuckey
Emma Lucy Braun (1889-1971) by Ronald L. Stuckey
Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton (1858-1934) by Lee B. Kass
Rachel Louise Carson (1907-1964) by Randy Moore
Mary Agnes Meara Chase (1869-1963) by Lesta J. Cooper-Freytag
Eugenie Clark (1922- ) by Virginia L. Buckner
Jewel Isadora Plummer Cobb (1924- ) by Beatriz Chu Clewell
Jane Colden (1724-1766) by Katalin Harkányi
Laura North Hunter Colwin (1911- ) by Marjorie M. Collier
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) by Rose K. Rose
Lydia Maria Adams DeWitt (1859-1928) by Mary R. S. Creese
Neltje (Nellie) Blanchan De Graff Doubleday (1865-1918) by Keir B. Sterling
Alice Eastwood (1859-1953) by Joel S. Schwartz
Sophia Hennion Eckerson (ca. 1867-1954) by Bonnie Konopak
Gertrude Belle Elion (1918- ) by I. Edward Alcamo
Katherine Esau (1898- ) by Ray F. Evert and Susan E. Eichhorn
Alice Catherine Evans (1881-1975) by Diana M. Colon
Honor Bridget Fell (1900-1986) by Suzanne E. Moshier
Dian Fossey (1932-1985) by Soraya Svoronos
Rosalind Elsie Franklin (1920-1958) by Maureen M. Julian
Frances Flint Hamerstrom (1907- ) by Barbara Mandula
Alice Hamilton (1869-1970) by Robin M. Haller
Ethel Nicholson Browne Harvey (1885-1965) by Paula Ford
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) by Katalin Harkányi
Ida Henrietta Hyde (1857-1945) by Mary R. S. Creese
Libbie Hyman (1888-1969) by Soraya Svoronos
Emmy Klieneberger-Nobel (1892-1985) by Gary Rice
Rebecca Craighhill Lancefield (1895-1981) Teresa T. Antony
Ol'ga Borisovna Protopova Lepeshinskaia (1871-1963) by John Konopak
Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909- ) by Mary Clarke Miksic
Mary Frances Lyon (1925- ) by Judith A. Dilts
Hilde Proescholdt Mangold (1898-1924) by Veronica R. Mondrinos
Anna Morandi Manzolini (1716-1774) by Connie H. Nobles
Barbara McClintock (1901-1992) by Virginia L. Buckner
Beatrice Mintz (1921- ) by Maura C. Flannery
Ann Haven Morgan (1882-1966) by Susan J. Wurtzburg
Lilian Vaughan Sampson Morgan (1870-1952) by Katherine Keenan
Elizabeth Fondal Neufeld (1928- ) by Mary Clarke Miksic
Margaret Morse Nice (1883-1974) by Alan Contreras and Milton B. Trautman
Ruth Patrick (1907- ) by Barbara Mandula
Louise Pearce (1885-1959) by Anne-Marie Scholer
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps (1793-1884) by Robert M. Hendrick
Elizabeth (Eliza) Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793) by Virginia Pezalla
Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) by EdnaMay Duffy
Edith Smaw Hinkley Quimby (1891-1982) by Margaret G. Ott
Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) by Janet Newlan Bower
Janet Davison Rowley (1925- ) by Thomas A. Firak
Jane Anne Russell (1911-1967) by David R. Stronck
Florence Rena Sabin (1871-1953) by Linda H. Keller
Ruth Sager (1918- ) by Carol A. Biermann
Berta Vogel Scharrer (1906-1995) by Birgit H. Satir and Peter Satir
Florence Barbara Seibert (1897-1991) by Paris Svoronos
Lydia White Shattuck (1822-1889) by Philip Duhan Segal
Maud Caroline Slye (1869-1954) by Jeanie Strobert Payne
Marjory Stephenson (1885-1948) by Rebecca Meyer Monhardt
Nettie Maria Stevens (1861-1912) by Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie
Helen Brooke Taussig (1898-1986) by Laura Gray Malloy
Birgit Vennesland (1913- ) by Paris Svoronos
Salome Gluecksohn Schoenheimer Waelsch (1907- ) by Paris Svoronos
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921- ) by Brina Nathanson
Appendix A: Chronological List of Biographees
Appendix B: Biographees by Place of Birth, Place of Work, and Field of Scientific Interest
Appendix C: References in Biographical Dictionaries and Other Collections
Appendix D: List of Sources
Index
About the Contributors

Editorial Reviews

Aimed to encourage young women to seek careers in the biological sciences, and to serve as a springboard for further research on the role of women in these sciences. Sixty-five essays profile women from various countries and eras who have gained recognition in one or more of the following ways: through attainment of advanced degrees despite extensive familial and societal pressures, innovative research contributions, extraordinary influence in teaching at the undergraduate or graduate levels, leadership in professional societies, exertion of influence on public and political scientific policy making, extensive field experiences, and extensive scholarly publications. Each essay includes sections on biography and work, and a bibliography (in some cases, abridged) listing works by the subject and works about her. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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