ЖІНОЧІ ДОЛІ В НАУЦІ НА ПРИКЛАДІ ПРОВІДНИХ ВЧЕНИХ ВСЕСОЮЗНОГО НАУКОВО-ДОСЛІДНОГО ІНСТИТУТУ ЛУБ’ЯНИХ КУЛЬТУР: ГАННИ АРІНШТЕЙН, ГАЛИНИ ХРЕННІКОВОЇ І ОЛЕКСАНДРИ БОНДАРЄВОЇ

Abstract

The article reveals and analyzes the scientific activity and contribution to the history of growing fiber crops by representatives of the weaker sex of the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Fiber Crops for the first time, using the example of the scientific achievements of Hanna Arinstein, Galina Hrennikova, and Oleksandra Bondareva. A study of the dynamics of the number of women and their positions in the scientific institution in 1944–1991 was also conducted. During the entire existence of the scientific institution, the leadership of the institute was carried out by men. But the departments were often headed by female doctors and candidates of sciences. In certain periods of the institute's work, the number of female scientists increased and vice versa, but over the 90-year history of the institution's existence, more than 30 representatives of the weaker sex have written their name in the history of ASRIFC. For this article, 3 bright representatives of the scientific community of ASRIFC were chosen, who in different years each conducted research in their field and left a significant contribution to the history of the cultivation of fiber crops. The outlined problem was not adequately covered in the scientific literature. Even in the well-known bibliographic series, which is dedicated to the scientists of the research station of fiber crops, there is only one collection dedicated to the representative of the weaker sex, Lydia Mykhailivna Gorshkova. The issue of women's contribution to the history of agricultural science at ASRIFC and their place in the scientific team was not raised at all. From 1944 to 1991, a significant number of scientists of ASRIFC were women, their share underwent dynamic changes in the range of 26–40%. The share of female scientists with a PhD degree was constantly increasing and during 1944–1991 doubled from 5 to 11 people. It was found that only one woman was awarded a doctorate in the period of 1966–1970. Despite this, the contribution of female scientists to the development of the production of fiber crops is quite significant and forever inscribed in the history of agricultural science of Ukraine.