Change is possible: stories of women and minorities in mathematics

"Based on dozens of interviews and extensive historical research, this book relates stories about mathematicians who have defied stereotypes. It is spiced with interesting photographs. The five chapters about women provide insight into the nineteenth century, the mid-twentieth century, the earl...

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Main Author: Kenschaft, Patricia C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Providence, R.I. American Mathematical Society 2005
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Summary:"Based on dozens of interviews and extensive historical research, this book relates stories about mathematicians who have defied stereotypes. It is spiced with interesting photographs. The five chapters about women provide insight into the nineteenth century, the mid-twentieth century, the early 1970s, the early 1990s, and 2004. Activists in many fields can take heart at the changes. The author documents trends from the rudimentary struggles simply to become professionals, to the freedom to be married without giving up a career entirely, to organizing to eliminate the most flagrant discrimination, to efforts to improve the daily treatment of women in the professional community, to widespread efforts toward true equity."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:ix, 212 p. ill.
ISBN:0821837486

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