National Women in Technology http://www.ncwit.org/about.factsheet.html Local Arizona Programs: High School Mentoring Program Expanding Your Horizons The University of Arizona Southwest Institute for Research on Women Women in Science and Engineering Program http://w3.arizona.edu/~ws Girls in the SYSTEM University of Arizona Southwest Institute for Research on Women Women in Science and Engineering Program In collaboration with the Tucson Sahauro Girl Scout Council http://gistem.math.arizona.edu SCIENCE FOR GIRLS Sally Ride Science. Materials, events, and camps for girls. http://www.sallyridescience.com/home POLICY, ADVOCACY Society of Women Engineers. Information about programs, advocacy, issues. http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/ LIBRARY NASA Headquarters Library. Women in Science and Technology bibliography. http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/pathfinders/women.htm BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES FairerScience. Lists of long bibliographies, some annotated. http://www.fairerscience.org/Women-Sci.html GENDER AND TECHNOLOGY Sanders, Jo (2005). Bibliography on Gender and Technology in Education. 700 entries, with keywords which you can search in the PDF, and annotations. A gem covering this topic. http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/itgenderbib/ TOP BIOGRAPHIES OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (ROLE MODELS) BOOK SERIES FOR YOUNG READERS National Academy of Sciences. Women’s Adventures in Science Series. Biographies written about ten contemporary working scientists. http://www.iwaswondering.org/about.html#science MATHEMATICIANS Agnes Scott College. Biographies of Women Mathematicians. http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/women/women.htm MADAME CURIE American Institute of Physics. Madame Curie and the Science of Radioactivity. An illustrated narrative of her life. http://www.aip.org/history/curie/ WOMEN AT MIT Association of MIT Alumnae. Celebrating 125 Years of Women at MIT 1873-1998. Stories of pioneers with lots of photos, and a bibliography. Ties stories to trends in women’s rights in 20th Century. http://www.mit-amita.org/esr/swallow.html ENGINEERS National Academy of Engineering. Engineer Girl. Online profiles of women engineers. Nice Q&A about why they picked engineering, what they like, their families, etc. http://www.engineergirl.org/CMS/WomenEngineers.aspx Also, Engineers Without Borders, which grabs interest. http://www.engineergirl.org/CMS/WhyBeAnEngineer/9483.aspx MORE ENGINEERS NASA. Women of NASA. Profiles of women engineers in all kinds of positions at the national agency. Personal bios written by the women. http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/WON.html ASTRONOMERS Questions and Answers About Women in Astronomy. A slightly raw text but rich in information from women in astronomy about their careers. From University of Maryland. http://www.astro.umd.edu/~miller/teaching/questions/women.html CHEMISTS Rayner-Canham, Marelene and Geoffrey (1998). Women in Chemistry: Their changing roles from alchemical times to mid-twentieth century. About 50 biographies and overviews of eras. Available for download and as a used book on Amazon. SCIENTISTS Veglahn, Nancy (1991). Women Scientists. Written for young people, profiles 11 people, including Rachel Carson, Margaret Mead, Barbara McClintock, and Mildred Dresselhaus. Out of print but used copies are available. MORE SCIENTISTS O'Hern, Elizabeth Moot (1985). Profiles of Pioneer Women Scientists. Profiles 20 women since late 1900's. An early book: "Now, for the first time, leading women... receive their due." Out of print but used copies available. RADIO STORIES WAMC Northeast Public Radio. Audio Portraits of Women in STEM: Her-Story, Then and Now. Also, Sounds of Progress II features inspirational women throughout history, 26 2-minute stories. Professional radio series available to listen as streaming audio, download a podcast, or request a free CD set. Contemporary and historical profiles, some feature-length. http://www.womeninscience.org SERIOUS BIOS Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering: No universal constants. By Susan Ambrose, Kristin Dunkle, Barbara Lazarus, India Nair, and Deborah Harkus. Temple University Press. 88 personal stories of contemporary women scientists and engineers, with photos. Whole range of careers represented. Not written for children, but a great source of bios. Big book. NOVEL FEATURING ASTROPHYSICIST Lesert, Maryann (2009). Base ten, a novel. The Feminist Press. Part of a special project featuring stories of women in science. Available commercially. THE TRUTH ABOUT SCIENCE CAREERS Gornick, Vivian (2009). Women in Science: Then and Now. Updated and reissued 1983 book subtitled:100 journeys into the territory. The Feminist Press. This is not for children – it is the truth about a career in science. So true that the names are withheld. It tells the highs and the lows, the discoveries, the politics, the fun, the trade-offs, the ugly incidents. The best “real world” orientation I know, although it is only current to the 1980’s. Available commercially. TOP VIDEO’S AND CD’S GIRLS DOING SCIENCE Twin Cities Public Television. DragonFly TV video segments. Very engaging stories of girls exploring science, taking into account the research on what girls like and need. Segments can be played online. Activity guides are available http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/podcasts/index.html THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE Gender Chip Project. One-hour documentary. About the experience of women in undergraduate S&E. Has classroom curricula and workshop toolkits. http://genderchip.org/documentary A PEPPY COMMERCIAL University of Maryland-Baltimore County (2004). You Can Be Anything! A music video to encourage girls and women to embrace technology. A short piece designed by girls, aimed at middle school. Can be used to prepare an audience. http://www.umbc.edu/be-anything NON-TRADITIONAL CAREERS National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS). Career Options for Women: Emerging Technologies - 35-DVD Series. The 24-minute DVDs are sold individually or as a set. For example, women in construction, mining, forestry, adventure tourism, textiles, aviation. Also, WonderWise: Women in Science Kits that show real women scientists working in, for example, urban ecology, space geology, genetic counseling, and even African plant exploration. Get an angel to buy them for your library or your project. http://www.womentechstore.com/careervids.html The Archives of Women in Science and Engineering Iowa State University http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/wise/wise.html Cascade Pass http://www.cascadepass.com Eisenhower National Clearinghouse http://www.enc.org Engineer Girl http://www.engineergirl.org/ Expect the Best From a Girl http://www.academic.org/ Girls and Women in Science at Beloit College http://www.beloit.edu/~gwsci/index/html#what GirlStart http://www.girlstart.com Girltech http://www.radicagames.com/girltech Helping Your Child Learn Science (U.S Department of Education) http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/index.html Math/Science Network http://www.expandingyourhorizons.org Plugged In http://www.plugged-in.org Research Information Network (RIN) For Women and Girls in Illinois http://www.uic.edu/orgs/rin Role Model Project for Girls http://www.womenswork.org/girls/compsci TAP Junior http://women.cs.cmu.edu/ada/Resources/TAPJunior/ Women of NASA http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html On 4/23/09, der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > there's a small seminar for teenage ( pre-teen? ) girls Friday morning. > One of the goals is to show them opportunities for women in IT. > > I have the opportunity to insert some information about opportunities and > resources for girls in Free Software. > > I know about LinuxChix and some other resources. 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