Women Scientists in America: Forging a New World since 1972

This survey of female scientists in recent American history "offers compelling data alongside the multiple stories of individual women" (Science).

The third volume of Margaret W. Rossiter's landmark survey of the history of American women scientists focuses on their pioneering efforts and contributions from 1972 to the present. Central to this story are the struggles and successes of women scientists in the era of affirmative action. Scores of previously isolated women scientists were sudde...