Girls coming to tech! : (Record no. 23596)

MARC details
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2013004385
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9780262019545 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 620.0071/073
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR
Authors Bix, Amy Sue.
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Girls coming to tech! :
Subtitle a history of American engineering education for women /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Amy Sue Bix.
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Cambridge, Mass. ;
-- London, England :
Publisher The MIT Press,
Date c2013.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 360 p :
Other Details ill. ;
Size 24 cm.
SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Engineering studies
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY
Summary Engineering education in the United States was long regarded as masculine territory.For decades, women who studied or worked in engineering were popularly perceived as oddities,outcasts, unfeminine (or inappropriately feminine in a male world). In Girls Coming toTech! , Amy Bix tells the story of how women gained entrance to the traditionally malefield of engineering in American higher education. As Bix explains, a few womenbreached the gender-reinforced boundaries of engineering education before World War II. During WorldWar II, government, employers, and colleges actively recruited women to train as engineering aides,channeling them directly into defense work. These wartime training programs set the stage for more engineering schools to open their doors to women. Bix offers three detailed case studies of postwar engineering coeducation. Georgia Tech admitted women in 1952 to avoid a court case, over objections by traditionalists. In 1968, Caltech male students argued that nerds needed a civilizing femalepresence. At MIT, which had admitted women since the 1870s but treated them as a minor afterthought,feminist-era activists pushed the school to welcome more women and take their talentseriously. In the 1950s, women made up less than one percent of students inAmerican engineering programs; in 2010 and 2011, women earned 18.4% of bachelor's degrees, 22.6% of master's degrees, and 21.8% of doctorates in engineering. Bix's account shows why these gains were hard won.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Women in engineering
Form United States
General History.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Women in higher education
Form United States
General History.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Engineering
General Study and teaching
Form United States
General History.
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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Public note Location Map
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR
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SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
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SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
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SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
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Holdings
Date last seen Full call number Barcode Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Permanent location Current location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition
26/01/2017 620.0071073 BI GI T0010560 25.00 26/01/2017 REGULAR   Dewey Decimal Classification       University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 07/05/2014 American Bankers