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Pioneers of the London School of Medicine for Women (1874-1947)

Their Contributions and Interwoven Lives

By: Marelene Rayner-Canham,Geoff Rayner-Canham

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Pioneers of the London School of Medicine for Women (1874-1947)

Their Contributions and Interwoven Lives

By: Marelene Rayner-Canham,Geoff Rayner-Canham

This book presents the pioneering role of the women chemists at the London School of Medicine for Women (LSMW). The account is placed within the framework of the long-forgotten background to the founding of this unique Institution, and the individuals whose lives came together to make it happen: Sophia Jex-Blake; Elizabeth Garrett Anderson; Edith Pechey; and Isabel Thorne. The London School of Medicine for Women (LSMW) was the first School in Britain to enable women to gain medical qualifications. Though its pioneering medical role is beginning to be recognized, the Chemistry Department at the School has been totally overlooked. All first-year students at the LSMW had to spend a significant portion of their time taking theoretical and practical chemistry, taught by dedicated women chemistry instructors. In this book, particular attention is given to each of these exceptionally-talented women chemists who found a haven at, and devoted their lives to, the LSMW. This book also covers the enthusiasm of the women medical students which becomes evident through the chemistry prose and poetry which they wrote. This book will appeal to a wide readership interested in the early role of women in science, and it is particularly relevant to those interested in the lives and contributions of pioneering women chemists.

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Springer Nature

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3030954390

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Allies of Pioneering Women Chemists

Some Supportive British Male Chemists and Their Women Students (1880–1930)

By: Marelene Rayner-Canham,Geoff Rayner-Canham

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Some Supportive British Male Chemists and Their Women Students (1880–1930)

By: Marelene Rayner-Canham,Geoff Rayner-Canham

Continuing their research uncovering the lives of women chemists at the turn of the 20th Century, Geoff and Marelene Rayner-Canham have turned their attention to some of the male chemists who enabled women to thrive in chemistry. This book provides an insight into the character of 14 male chemists and their female students. Using contemporary quotes, the authors build an interesting narrative, demonstrating how the support and encouragement of their students was reciprocated with significant contributions to their fame and research. Beyond the lives of individuals, readers will explore a period of social change in chemistry, not only the acceptance of co-educational teaching, but also the development of domestic chemistry as a subject. Significantly, this period also saw the acceptance of women into the Chemical Society, championed by several of the men featured.

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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1837674949

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Pioneering British Women Chemists: Their Lives And Contributions

By: Marelene Rayner-canham,Geoff Rayner-canham

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Pioneering British Women Chemists: Their Lives And Contributions

By: Marelene Rayner-canham,Geoff Rayner-canham

The book neatly illuminates a forgotten history of female chemists — and this is not an overstatement. It contains a multitude of names, events and socio-economic interactions in the pursuit of women's education and professional emancipation that are guaranteed to contain stories that readers will not have heard before … It is easily a dip-in and dip-out type of read, allowing simple navigation to specific areas of Britain, disciplines and professions … Besides highlighting the women who fought against an inherently male-dominated system and celebrating their supporters, this book also examines the events and the history surrounding their lives and endeavours. It pays particular note to the nations of the British Isles and gives equal contribution to those lost in history as to those names we are all so familiar with. A fantastic resource that has been excellently researched, I am sure it will remain an ageless tribute and reference work.'Education in ChemistryHistorically, British chemistry has been perceived as a solely male endeavour. However, this perception is untrue: the allure of chemistry has attracted British women for centuries past. In this new book, the authors trace the story of women's fascination with chemistry back to the amateur women chemists of the late 1500s. From the 1880s, pioneering academic girls' schools provided the knowledge base and enthusiasm to enable their graduates to enter chemistry degree programs at university. The ensuing stream of women chemistry graduates made interesting and significant contributions to their fields, yet they have been absent from the historical record.In addition to the broad picture, the authors focus upon the life and contributions of some of the individual women chemists who were determined to survive and flourish in their chosen field. From secondary school to university to industry, some of the women chemists expressed their sentiments and enthusiasm in chemistry verse. Examples of their poetic efforts are sprinkled throughout to give a unifying theme from grade school to university and industrial employment. This book provides a well-researched glimpse into the forgotten world of British women in chemistry up to the 1930s and 1940s.

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World Scientific

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1786347709

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Creating Complicated Lives

Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980

By: Marelene Rayner-Canham,Geoff Rayner-Canham

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Creating Complicated Lives

Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980

By: Marelene Rayner-Canham,Geoff Rayner-Canham

Why have Canadian women scientists been written out of the historical record? Who were they? What did they accomplish? What were their life paths? These are some of the questions answered in this authoritative work. Over decades of research, Marianne Ainley identified, tracked down, and interviewed surviving scientists. Creating Complicated Lives weaves the lives and work of these pioneers with the author's own experiences as an immigrant scientific technician and later a feminist historian. Ainley argues that we must look at the lives of women scientists through a new historical lens that takes into account both the advances of science and concurrent debates about the advancement of women. Rather than having linear career trajectories, many women shifted fields, coped with discrimination, and endeavoured to find niches in which they could make significant contributions. Never before has there been a survey of the lives and work of early Canadian women scientists. This nuanced study brings their stories to light, comparing, contrasting, and interpreting their very complicated lives.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773587950

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9780773587953

Chemistry Was Their Life: Pioneering British Women Chemists, 1880-1949

By: Geoffrey Rayner-canham,Marelene Rayner-canham

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Chemistry Was Their Life: Pioneering British Women Chemists, 1880-1949

By: Geoffrey Rayner-canham,Marelene Rayner-canham

British chemistry has traditionally been depicted as a solely male endeavour. However, this perspective is untrue: the allure of chemistry has attracted women since the earliest times. Despite the barriers placed in their path, women studied academic chemistry from the 1880s onwards and made interesting or significant contributions to their fields, yet they are virtually absent from historical records.Comprising a unique set of biographies of 141 of the 896 known women chemists from 1880 to 1949, this work attempts to address the imbalance by showcasing the determination of these women to survive and flourish in an environment dominated by men. Individual biographical accounts interspersed with contemporary quotes describe how women overcame the barriers of secondary and tertiary education, and of admission to professional societies. Although these women are lost to historical records, they are brought together here for the first time to show that a vibrant culture of female chemists did indeed exist in Britain during the late 19th and early 20th centuries./a

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World Scientific

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1908978996

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Harriet Brooks

Pioneer Nuclear Scientist

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham

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Harriet Brooks

Pioneer Nuclear Scientist

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham

After completing a master's degree at McGill University under Rutherford's tutelage, Brooks continued her post-graduate work at Bryn Mawr College and Cambridge University, eventually returning to McGill to work again with Rutherford. In 1904 she left Canada to work at Barnard College in New York City, and then with Curie in Paris. Brooks had a significant career as a nuclear scientist, but her success was hampered by the fact that she was a woman. She eventually married and left research. Her premature death at age fifty-six was probably related to her work with radiation.

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0773563180

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9780773563186

Devotion to Their Science

Pioneer Women of Radioactivity

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey Rayner-Canham

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Pioneer Women of Radioactivity

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey Rayner-Canham

Contains 17 full biographies and 6 briefer accounts of most of the early women pioneers in the study of radioactivity.

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0773516085

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9780773516083

Women in Chemistry

Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-twentieth Century

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey Rayner-Canham

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Women in Chemistry

Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-twentieth Century

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey Rayner-Canham

Though rarely noted, women have been active participants in the chemical sciences since the beginning of recorded history. This thought-provoking book brings to life the many talented women who--besides the universally respected Marie Curie--made significant contributions to chemistry. The Rayner-Canhams examine the forces that have defined women's roles in the progress of chemistry, observing that many were thwarted from capitalizing on their achievements by the prejudices of their time. Their book discusses women chemists from as far past as the Babylonian civilization but focuses on professional women chemists from the mid-19th century, when women gained access to higher education. Read this book and learn about the chemist-assistants of the French salons, about independent researchers in the 19th century, about the three disciplinary havens for women in the 20th century, about how war helped bring women into the chemical industry--and much more!

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Chemical Heritage Foundation

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0941901270

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9780941901277

Allies of Pioneering Women Chemists

Some Supportive British Male Chemists and Their Women Students (1880–1930)

By: Marelene Rayner-Canham,Geoff Rayner-Canham

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Some Supportive British Male Chemists and Their Women Students (1880–1930)

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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1837674949

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Women in Chemistry

Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-twentieth Century

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey Rayner-Canham

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Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-twentieth Century

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey Rayner-Canham

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Chemistry Was Their Life

Pioneering British Women Chemists, 1880-1949

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey Rayner-Canham

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Pioneering British Women Chemists, 1880-1949

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey Rayner-Canham

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Pioneers of the London School of Medicine for Women (1874-1947)

Pioneers of the London School of Medicine for Women (1874-1947)

Allies of Pioneering Women Chemists

Allies of Pioneering Women Chemists

Pioneering British Women Chemists: Their Lives And Contributions

Pioneering British Women Chemists: Their Lives And Contributions

Creating Complicated Lives

Creating Complicated Lives

Chemistry Was Their Life: Pioneering British Women Chemists, 1880-1949

Chemistry Was Their Life: Pioneering British Women Chemists, 1880-1949

Harriet Brooks

Harriet Brooks

Devotion to Their Science

Devotion to Their Science

Women in Chemistry

Women in Chemistry

Allies of Pioneering Women Chemists

Allies of Pioneering Women Chemists

Women in Chemistry

Women in Chemistry

Chemistry Was Their Life

Chemistry Was Their Life

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