Re: women in Free Software

    Sally Ride Science. Materials, events, and camps for girls.
http://www.sallyridescience.com/home

    Society of Women Engineers. Information about programs, advocacy,
issues. http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/

    NASA Headquarters Library. Women in Science and Technology
bibliography. http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/pathfinders/women.htm

    FairerScience. Lists of long bibliographies, some annotated.
http://www.fairerscience.org/Women-Sci.html

    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/

    National Academy of Sciences. Women’s Adventures in Science
Series. Biographies written about ten contemporary working scientists.
http://www.iwaswondering.org/about.html#science

    Agnes Scott College. Biographies of Women Mathematicians.
http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/women/women.htm

    American Institute of Physics. Madame Curie and the Science of
Radioactivity. An illustrated narrative of her life.
http://www.aip.org/history/curie/

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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

    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.

    Lesert, Maryann (2009). Base ten, a novel. The Feminist Press.
Part of a special project featuring stories of women in science.
Available commercially.

    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.

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