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Women in Science and Engineering -
some references

You can follow these links to find information about women who have contributed to Science and Engineering over the centuries.

Many of these web sites will include further links to more information.

Please note that all of these websites have been viewed for appropriateness, but content is not under the control of WVS-SWE.


4000 Years of Women in Science:
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/

List by discipline:
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/discipline.shtml

20th Century Women in Science:
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/20th.century/20th.shtml

Iowa State Univ. Archives for Women in Science & Engineering:
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/wise/wise.html

Biographies of Women in Math Sciences (2 sites): http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~wmnmath/Publications/Bibliographies/bio.html
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm

Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics: 
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/

“Explore Career Pathways”:
http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/scwist/explore/index.htm

IEEE Women In Engineering Resource page: http://www.ieee.org/organizations/committee/women/resource.html

MIT Inventors page (includes women inventors):
http://web.mit.edu/invent/

Women of NASA Profiles:
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/WON.html

Florence Nightengale (2 sites):
http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/
http://www.kings.edu/womens_history/florence.html

Links from the Franklin Institute:
http://www.fi.edu/qa98/me3/

Mills College Women in Computing:
http://www.mills.edu/ACAD_INFO/MCS/CS/F95MCS62/WIC/wic.homepage.html