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Through the prism of gender, this text explores the contrasting cultures and practice of mathematics and science and asks how they impacted on women. Claire Jones assesses nineteenth-century ideas about women's intellect, femininity and masculinity, and assesses how these attitudes shaped women's experiences as students and practitioners.
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Winner of the Women's History Network Book Prize 2010
'This excellent, thought-provoking study will deepen the understanding of all interested in gender issues and in the conflicts in science and mathematics in this period.' - Reviews in History
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CLAIRE G. JONES is editor of HerStoria Magazine and an Associate Lecturer in History at the University of Liverpool, UK. In 1999 she was joint winner of the Clare Evans Prize for the best new essay in the field of women's history and gender and history.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Femininity, Mathematics and Science, 1880–1914
Authors: Claire G. Jones
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230246652
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Claire G. Jones 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-55521-1Published: 15 October 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-36409-1Published: 15 October 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-24665-2Published: 15 October 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 264
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences, World History, Global and Transnational History, Social History, History of Britain and Ireland, Gender Studies, Modern History