Our book recommendations for new role models
And which female researchers have inspired you?
Women are still significantly underrepresented in science, even though their incredible contributions have enriched research, politics, art and literature.
Here we present just a small selection of our historical and modern female science heroes:
Women in European history: from the Middle Ages to the present day
Women geniuses: famous female inventors from Melitta Bentz to Marie Curie
The great women of history: from Hatshepsut to Diana
Marie Curie - Elements of Life (DVD)
Hildegard von Bingen and the power of women (DVD)
The brilliant rebel: Ada Lovelace - she threw herself into life and revolutionized mathematics
Walking with the great apes: Jane Goodall; Dian Fossey; Biruté Galdikas about three primatologists who broke completely new ground in ape behavioral research - namely that of the apes
Hidden figures: unrecognized heroines (DVD) about three African-American female mathematicians at NASA
Women architects: how women build; from Julia Morgan to Zaha Hadid
Women in sociology: nine portraits
Not only an informative report on the findings of the natural scientist, but also an impressive illustrated book of her drawings: Maria Sibylla Merian: 1647 - 1717 ; artist and naturalist
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Despite such wonderful role models, women still have to overcome a few hurdles in the field of science, why? Here are some online recommendations on gender studies in science:
Top Women: On the relevance of gender in politics, business, science and sport
Europe, your women: Contributions to a female cultural history
National Pact for Women in STEM Professions
Gender and diversity in STEM subjects: An analysis of the causes of the diversity shortage
Selection of men and women as managers: perspectives from business, science, media and politics
Precarious equality: gender equality, social inequality and insecure working conditions in science
How are scientists made? Observations on the mutual constitution of gender and science