Girls Coming to Tech!
A History of American Engineering Education for Women
$87.63
- Paperback
376 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2022
Summary
Engineering education in the United States was long regarded as masculine territory. For decades, women who studied or worked in engineering were popularly perceived as oddities, outcasts, unfeminine (or inappropriately feminine in a male world). 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 eng…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262546515 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262546515 |
| Author: | Amy Sue Bix |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 376 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm |
| Series: | Engineering Studies |
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About The Author
Amy Sue Bix
Amy Sue Bix is Professor in the Department of History at Iowa State University, where she is also the Director of the Center for Historical Studies of Technology and Science.
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