| Description |
v, 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Margaret Boden -- Jocelyn Bell Burnell -- Marilyn Butler -- Hélène Cixous -- Sarah Coakley -- Cynthia Cockburn -- Linda Colley -- Mary Daly -- Kay Davies -- Natalie Zemon Davis -- Anita Desai -- Mary Douglas -- Mildred Dresselhaus -- Uta Frith -- Carol Gilligan -- Jean Berko Gleason -- Jane Goodall -- Susan Greenfield -- bell hooks -- Sarah Hrdy -- Carole Jordan -- Catharine MacKinnon -- Emily Martin -- Mary Midgley -- Martha Nussbaum -- Ann Oakley -- Camille Paglia -- Griselda Pollock -- Mamphela Ramphele -- Jessica Rawson -- Condoleezza Rice -- Susan Richards -- Jacqueline Rose -- Alice Stewart -- Marilyn Strathern -- Deborah Tannen -- Julie Theriot -- Marina Warner -- Mary Warnock -- Shirley Williams |
| Summary |
Based on profiles which first appeared in the Times Higher Education Supplement, the women interviewed include: Camille Paglia, Marina Warner, bell hooks, Anita Desai, Mary Warnock, Catharine MacKinnon, Mary Daly, Kay Davies, Jane Goodall, Julie Theriot, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Jacqueline Rose, Ann Oakley, Marilyn Strathern, Shirley Williams and many others |
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Women are breaking through the so-called 'glass ceiling' in increasing numbers. In this book, forty such women, whose thinking has altered not only their own particular field but the very way we see the world, talk vividly about their ideas and lives, hopes and concerns for the future. Chosen from across the globe, in areas as diverse as computer science, physics, literature, philosophy, politics, law and anthropology, most are drawn from the small group who make up Britain's five per cent and America's sixteen per cent of female professors. Others have made an impact as intellectuals working largely outside the academy. Their achievements serve as an inspiration to women in all professions to make their mark in what is still a man's world |
| Analysis |
Biography |
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Feminism |
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Intellectual life |
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Overseas item |
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Professions |
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Women |
| Notes |
"In association with the Times higher education supplement." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Women in the professions -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Griffiths, Sian.
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Kennedy, Helena.
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| LC no. |
96002308 |
| ISBN |
0719047730 (hardback) |
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0719049547 (paperback) |
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