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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