In households throughout the world, it is not uncommon to see a woman taking on the role of homemaker solely. However, more and more often, the idea of women working outside of the home is becoming a reality. Particularly, women are filling a vital role in the emerging technology fields. The duties of female workers are aiding in the progress of technology, right along with their male counterparts, because the once invisible intellectual ability of women is finally being utilized.
Throughout history, select women have emerged in the technology fields. Although these women were few and far between, they indeed existed. One of the first pioneers in the technology field was Ada Bryon, Lady Lovelace. During her lifespan, from the year 1815 to the year of 1852, Ada became a famous mathematician and the writer of the first computer algorithm (Hooper sec 9). However even after Ada, there were a limited number of women who proceeded into careers in any areas of technology.
Shortly after the death of Ada Bryon, Lady Lovelace, Marie Curie was born in 1867. In a time when most scientist were men, Curie was an indomitable woman scientist. Specifically, throughout her work as a chemist she focused on cancer research. As the first women ever to receive the Nobel Prize, her legacy lives on today through a permanent memorial and living tribute that was established in 1948 in the United Kingdom. Also, since that year the Marie Curie Memorial Foundation has continued to make contributions to cancer patience’s care and marked its fiftieth anniversary in 1984.
Emily Warren Roebling is solid proof that women can work alongside men, even their own husbands, in the engineering field. As her husband grew ill during the building of the Brooklyn Bridg...
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In brief, this article presents a view that women in engineering must enter the field as “conceptual men”. This means that in order to succeed in a male dominated field, women must essentially “become like men”. The article goes on to interview women in the engineering field. In particular, Ranson (2005) interviews women with and without children. This provides differing views of how women in engineering with and without children in engineering have approached their jobs.
In an excerpt titled "The Feminist Face of Antitechnology" from his 1981 book Blaming Technology, Samuel C. Florman explains why he thinks so few educated women in modern society are engineers. The excerpt was written shortly after he had visited an all-female liberal arts school, Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, to convince a few young women to become engineers. His mission failed and his essay makes clear why he had such trouble.
Marie Curie, a pioneer in her field and Nobel Prize winning Chemist, took a path that few women of her time dared and unfortunately, her passion for Science would be her ultimate demise. From birth to death Marie Curie lived a full life, with love, work, and passion at the center.
Marie Curie is one of the most prominent names in the history of science. Making many breakthroughs in her lifetime, she is one of the most famous female scientists of all time. She has received numerous honors and awards on behalf of her abilities. Her discoveries and contributions to the world of science have paved the way for future scientists and most importantly, women choosing to join in the wonders of such fields.
The "glass ceiling" has held women back from certain positions and opportunities in the workplace. Women are stereotyped as part-time, lower-grade workers with limited opportunities for training and advancement because of this "glass ceiling". How have women managed their careers when confronted by this glass ceiling? It has been difficult; American women have struggled for their role in society since 1848. Women’s roles have changed significantly throughout the past centuries because of their willingness and persistence. Women have contributed to the change pace of their role in the workplace by showing motivation and perseverance.
Since the beginning of time women and men have had their own set of duties. Society has this chart of what a woman is supposed to do, along with what men are supposed to do. As new eras emerge not only does technology, cultures, ethics, but also the duties of each gender role. I will be explaining the effect of men doing work that is deemed to be a woman’s job. There are a few key terms to understand first in order to comprehend the effect this has on society. The key terms are as follows; Gender roles, gender role socialization, and men gender role.
“Improving women’s access to technology has the potential to spur their economic advancement and stimulate broader economic growth. Regrettably, technology has been underused in unlocking women’s economic opportunities. The gender divide is evident in both traditional and modern technologies.” (Gill, Brooks, McDougall, Patel, & Kes, 2010, p. 2). More specifically, technological developments including adding machines, typewriters, addressograph machines, office communication systems, and automated telephones, changed the stigma of women working solely at home to finding paid labor outside of their homes. On the domestic front, a rise of technological developments in household appliances and better-quality energy in the 1920s, allowed housework to become less time consuming and gave women more time to find paid labor outside of their homes (Lorance, n.d., para. 1). This essay
Gerty Cori and her husband, Dr. Carl Cori, were the first people to receive a Nobel Prize in science. Gerty Cori was special because not only was she the third woman to receive a Nobel Prize, but she was the first in America. She was born to the Radnitz family in Prague on August 15, 1896. Her family was among a group of German-speaking Jew’s in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Her father, Otto Radnitz, carved an austere path for her career because he was an affluent chemist; managing a sugar-beet refining business. He had a rigorous work ethic and wanted what was best for his children. Cori’s uncle, a professor in the pediatrics field, inspired her to go to medical school. She applied and was accepted to the German University of Prague as one of the few female attendees.
Rosalind Franklin: Seeing a woman as a scientist during this time is somewhat rare, so the fact that she has taken up this profession show that she is persistent, dedicated, and smart. The only problem is that she is undervalued because of her gender. She is also very quiet and reserved because she’s in a different country.
6. web site: women in science/ women in computer science/ women involved in ENIAC program.
Traditional gender roles in the United States and other societies have always been dictated as where the man goes and works for a salary as women stay at home to take of house related work. However, many changes in the traditional family has made gender roles go through significant changes. Many women have gone through college and have obtained college education degrees, which has allowed women to advance their careers. The break down of rigid gender roles and the increase in participation of women in the workplace have granted women more choices in life. The choices many women now have in there career fields has made some controversial views on the intelligence of women achieving the status of their male counterparts The first view obtained in the workplace is the ability to make a even paying field for both men and women. Many constituents have pledge to achieve equality for women through laws forbidding the use of any sexist policies that may constitute discrimination against sex. The second is weather working women have been allowed to working women have the same opportunities rewarded to them as men do. Many political action committees have help perpetuate feminist movements which intended to build equal opportunity workplaces for both men and women however, many questionable issues still arise at weather working conditions have become better for women.
Gender relations in the work force are of one of the fastest changing areas of social relations. Prior to the industrial revolution, there was little separation between work and home or public and private life. Though this changed during the industrial revolution. Women and men both started to have a significant role in society. Men, Women, and even children worked in factories and mills. People worked in horrible and dangerous working c...
Feminism was at its nadir in the mid-twentieth century; cries of women's liberation, freedom, and independence resonated from all parts of the world. This era is perhaps best perceived as one, which was replete with images of women burning their bras. Armed with gainful education, women from different echelons of womankind were seen fighting adversities to assert and establish their rights. Margaret Laurence in "The Diviners" illustrates this phenomenon and delineates the status and challenges faced by the women of this era, by relating the story of its protagonist Morag Gunn, and the people responsible for mapping the course of her life.
When most people think of the Scientific Revolution, they think of scientists such as Galileo, Newton, Brahe, and Boyle. However, many people do not even know about the many women who played a vital role in the scientific advancements of this period. Even when these women were alive, most of society either ignored them or publicly disapproved their unladylike behavior. Because of this, these women were often forgotten from history, and very little is known about the majority of them. Although their names rarely appear in history books, the female scientists of the Scientific Revolution still impacted the world of science in several ways. In fact, all of the scientists listed above had a woman playing an influential role assisting them in their research. However, assisting men in their studies was not the only role open to women; several women performed experimentation and research on their own, or advancing science in some other way, even though the society of the time looked down upon and even resisted their studies.
Augusta Ada Lovelace, known as Ada Lovelace was born in what is now, Piccadilly Terrace, London, on December 10, 1815 (Ada King, countess of Lovelace). Ada Lovelace was a brilliant mathematician who later was introduced to Charles Babbage, whom she started working with. Lovelace translated an article in English and expressed her comments. Ada Lovelace is considered to be the first computer programmer in the 1800’s, and the first female to have written instructions for computer programming (Ada Lovelace Biography Mathematician, Computer Programmer (1815–1852)).