ISBN:
9783515106887
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (278 pages).
Series Statement:
Wissenschaf tskultur um 1900 Band 8
Series Statement:
Wissenschaftskultur um 1900 v.8
Series Statement:
Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.409
Keywords:
Women -- History
;
Research, Industrial -- History
;
Women in science -- History
;
Women ; History
;
Research, Industrial ; History
;
Women in science ; History
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This e-book presents new research on women scientists who enjoyed careers at industrial corporations during the first seven decades of the twentieth century. What positions were they able to achieve? What was the relationship between academic and industrial research? How open were certain industrial sectors - the electrical, chemical, cosmetic, nuclear, and optical sectors in particular - to hiring female researchers? Were women working in certain industries better able to acquire patents than those in others? What role did patronage play at the time? How did political turmoil affect women's careers? How did career opportunities differ from one country to another? This e-book focuses on women who were active in Germany, Russia, and the United States, but the situation in Greece, France, and Great Britain is also addressed. Each of the chapters is based on new sources, including materials from corporate archives. On the basis of these findings and their own work, the editors have formulated a series of general theses concerning the conditions of women working in industrial research.
Abstract:
Intro -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- EDITORS' PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- WOMEN RESEARCHERS IN INDUSTRIAL LABORATORIES: TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES -- PART I: LINKS BETWEEN ACADEMIC AND NON-ACADEMIC PROFESSIONS -- 1 WOMEN SCIENTISTS WITH DIFFERENT LABORATORY PRACTICES: TRANSITIONING FROM THE KAISER WILHELM SOCIETY TO INDUSTRIAL LABORATORIES, AND VICE VERSA -- 2 COLLABORATION AND COMPETITION BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY: HEDWIG KOHN AND OSRAM, 1916-1938 -- 3 THE BACKGROUND AND CAREER OF ANGELIKI PANAGIOTATOU: THE FIRST FEMALE PHYSICIAN IN GREECE TO HOLD A PH.D. -- PART II: THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING INDUSTRY -- 4 LILLIAN GILBRETH AND IRENE WITTE - WOMEN OF EFFICIENCY -- 5 FEMALE SCIENTISTS AT GERMAN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CORPORATIONS AND THEIR PATRONAGE RELATIONSHIPS -- 6 FROM THE GERMAN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING INDUSTRY TO THE UNITED STATES: THE CASE OF CECILIE FROEHLICH -- PART III: THE CHEMICAL, COSMETICS, AND NUCLEAR INDUSTRIES -- 7 WOMEN IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY -- 8 CREATING A NICHE FOR WOMEN IN THE COSMETICS INDUSTRY -- 9 DORA I. LEIPUNSKAYA AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN TO THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY -- PART IV: OPTICAL COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS FOR APPLIED OPTICS -- 10 WOMEN ACADEMICS AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCHERS IN THURINGIA DURING THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY -- 11 MARIA F. ROMANOVA AND HER RESEARCH ON APPLIED OPTICS IN RUSSIA AND GERMANY -- 12 FEMALE EMPLOYEES AT CARL ZEISS-JENA DURING THE 1960S AND 1970S -- 13 DESIGNING AND BUILDING PLANETARIUMS FOR THE CARL ZEISS CORPORATION: AN ARCHITECT TELLS HER STORY -- INDEX OF NAMES -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS.
Note:
Description based on print version record. Includes index
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