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Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize

History of Science Society

Description

This prize is awarded in recognition of an outstanding book (or, in even-numbered years, article) on the history of women in science. The book or article may take a biographical, institutional, theoretical, or other approach to the topic, which may include discussions of women's activities in science, analyses of past scientific practices that deal explicitly with gender, and investigations regarding women as viewed by scientists. These may relate to medicine, technology, and the social sciences as well as the natural sciences. The book or article must have been published no more than four years before the year of award. The prize may not be split between two books or two articles.

Recipients

2005 award : Kathleen Broome Williams and her book, "Improbable Warriors: Women Scientists and the U.S. Navy in World War II" in The Naval Institute Press.