Abstract

Science, technology, and engineering have obviously made substantial strides in the last century, but the culture in which those accomplishments take place may not have changed much at all as a result of ingrained gender stereotypes that stem from the earliest days of when scientist became a profession. That's the argument made in Julie Des Jardins' book, The Madame Curie Complex: The Hidden History of Women in Science (The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2010) and the subject of talks she gives on the topic, about which she's still asked to speak over four years after the book's publication.

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