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Searching for Scientific Womanpower
Laura Micheletti Puaca
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Description for Searching for Scientific Womanpower
Paperback. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
This compelling history of what Laura Micheletti Puaca terms ""technocratic feminism"" traces contemporary feminist interest in science to the World War II and early Cold War years. During a period when anxiety about America's supply of scientific personnel ran high and when open support for women's rights generated suspicion, feminist reformers routinely invoked national security rhetoric and scientific ""manpower"" concerns in their efforts to advance women's education and employment. Despite the limitations of this strategy, it laid the groundwork for later feminist reforms in both science and society. The past and present manifestations of technocratic feminism also offer new evidence ... Read more
This compelling history of what Laura Micheletti Puaca terms ""technocratic feminism"" traces contemporary feminist interest in science to the World War II and early Cold War years. During a period when anxiety about America's supply of scientific personnel ran high and when open support for women's rights generated suspicion, feminist reformers routinely invoked national security rhetoric and scientific ""manpower"" concerns in their efforts to advance women's education and employment. Despite the limitations of this strategy, it laid the groundwork for later feminist reforms in both science and society. The past and present manifestations of technocratic feminism also offer new evidence ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469610818
SKU
V9781469610818
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About Laura Micheletti Puaca
Laura Micheletti Puaca is assistant professor of history at Christopher Newport University, USA.
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