I'd like to recommend my book, Women Scientists from Antiquity to the Present: An Index, which was published by Locust Hill Press, West Cornwall CT, in 1986. It is out of print now, but is available in major libraries, and Women Scientists from Antiquity to the Present is also listed by Amazon.com.
NEW: A new, revised, and greatly expanded version of Women Scientists from Antiquity to the Present: An Index is now in preparation. My coauthors will be Louise Grinstein and Carol Biermann. If you have some thoughts about additional women who you believe should be included, or if you have noted any errors in the original volume, please contact me at the email address carol@herzenberg.net.
Here are some internet pages and sites relating to the history of women in science and engineering:
Some sites dealing with women scientists at particular locations:
Some sites dealing especially with women scientists of antiquity:
Here are a few sites relating to individual women scientists:
Here's a brief timeline of historical highlights relating to women's participation in science.
Would you like to read a poem about the astronomer Caroline Herschel, written by Siv Cedering?
Here is another poem that Larry Turner of Argonne National Laboratory wrote after attending a talk on the history of women in science.
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