Girls coming to tech!
a history of American engineering education for women
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Word Count
90,000 words, Guess
Page Count
360 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivegirlscomingtotec0000bixa
- Internet Archivegirlscomingtotec0000bixa_j0r5
- ISBN-10026201954X
- ISBN-139780262019545
- Library of Congress Control Number2013004385
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number841198088
- Better World Books9780262019545
- Open LibraryOL26889475M
Classifications
- DDC620.0071/073
- LCCTA157.5 .B59 2013
Description
"In Girls Coming to Tech!, Amy Bix tells the story of how women gained entrance to the traditionally male field of engineering in American higher education. As Bix explains, a few women breached the gender-reinforced boundaries of engineering education before World War II. During World War 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 female presence. 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 talent seriously. In the 1950s, women made up less than one percent of students in American 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." -- Publisher's description.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Engineering studies series
Other Editions
- Girls coming to tech!: a history of American engineering education for women
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