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- From: barinaga@netcom.com (Marcia Barinaga)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: female mentors in science
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.185720.8055@netcom.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 18:57:20 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
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- I am a reporter with Science magazine, and am preparing articles
- for an upcoming special news section on women in science.
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- I am looking for an example of a female scientist who has left
- her mark on a field by attracting, inspiring and training female
- scientists. I have heard that in some fields, particularly those
- in which there are few women, one may find a clustering of women
- in a sub-discipline, and that one can often trace their lineage
- back to a particularly influential mentor. I am looking for a
- compelling example of that phenomenon, particularly in a field
- such as math or astronomy or physics, in which women are scarce.
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- Also, for a related article in the same issue, I am seeking
- comments from both male and female scientists on the
- question of whether women approach science differently than
- men. I know this is a controversial question, and am hoping
- to present a range of views on it. Do women have different
- styles of conducting science, or even different intellectual
- approaches that may enrich their fields either through
- added diversity, or as an example men might learn from?
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- I know about some scholars such as Evelyn Fox Keller who deal
- with gender and science. I plan to include them in my article, and
- would be happy to hear about more such scholars, but I am also
- looking for real-life examples to use in my article: for men or
- women who have compelling anecdotes about their
- experiences with female vs male scientists, and differences
- or similarities in their styles of doing science.
-
-
- If you have suggestions of scientists who I should contact,
- for either of these articles, or if you would be willing to
- be interviewed yourself for my articles or want to send me
- your comments for use in the articles, please e-mail me.
-
- My address on the internet is
- barinaga@netcom.com
-
- I am new on the internet, and am posting this query in a
- couple of newsgroups that seemed appropriate. I hope I have
- not made any errors in that choice, but please forgive me
- if I have.
-
- Thank you for your patience in considering my query,
- Marcia Barinaga
- West Coast Correspondent
- Science magazine
-