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Femininity, Mathematics and Science, 1880–1914

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Claire G. Jones

    1. University of Liverpool, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Claire G. Jones
    Pages 1-7

  3. The ‘Glamour’ of a ‘Wrangler’: Women and Mathematics at Girton College, Cambridge

    • Claire G. Jones
    Pages 8-35

  4. Women at the ‘Shrine of Pure Thought’

    • Claire G. Jones
    Pages 36-66

  5. Professional or Pedestal? Hertha Ayrton, a Woman among the Engineers

    • Claire G. Jones
    Pages 67-92

  6. Collaboration, Reputation and the Business of Mathematics

    • Claire G. Jones
    Pages 93-116

  7. The Laboratory: A Suitable Place for a Woman? Women, Masculinity and Laboratory Culture

    • Claire G. Jones
    Pages 117-142

  8. The Mathematics of Gender: Women, Participation and the Mathematical Community

    • Claire G. Jones
    Pages 143-174

  9. Bodies of Controversy: Women and the Royal Society of London

    • Claire G. Jones
    Pages 175-204

  10. Conclusion

    • Claire G. Jones
    Pages 205-207

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 208-264
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About this book

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

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Liverpool, UK

    Claire G. Jones

About the author

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.

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