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• Sisters in Science: Conversations with Black Women Scientists on Race, Gender, and Their Passion for Science (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, c2006), by Diann Jordan (PDF with commentary at Purdue)

• Women in Science: A Selection of 16 Significant Contributors (San Diego: San Diego Supercomputer Center, 1997) (illustrated HTML and PDF at sdsc.edu)

• Personal Recollections, From Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville; With Selections From Her Correspondence (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1874), by Mary Somerville, contrib. by Martha Charters Somerville
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA
• Personal recollections, from early life to old age, of Mary Somerville ; with selections from her correspondence by her daughter Martha Somerville. (AMS Press, 1975), by Mary Somerville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville, by Mary Somerville (Gutenberg ebook)

• A Critical Woman: Barbara Wootton, Social Science and Public Policy in the Twentieth Century (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2011), by Ann Oakley (HTML at Bloomsbury Academic (registration optional))

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Science, sex, and society (Women's Educational Equity Act Program, U. S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1979), by Jan B. Sloan, Cherlyn S. Granrose, Ann E. Kammer, Project for the Advancement of Women in Science Careers, and Women's Educational Equity Act Program (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Women and minorities in science and engineering (National Science Foundation ; [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1977), by National Science Foundation (U.S.). Division of Science Resources Studies and Michael F. Crowley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les femmes dans la science; notes recueillies (Nony & cie, 1897), by A. Rebière (page images at HathiTrust)
• Women in scientific careers. ([Washington], 1961), by National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Woman in science (Appleton, 1913), by J. A. Zahm (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die akademische frau. (H. Steinitz, 1897), by Arthur Kirchhoff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die verdienste der frauen um naturwissenschaft; gesundheits und heilkunde, so wie auch um länder-völker-, und Menschenkunde, von der ältesten zeit bis auf die Neueste. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte geistiger Cultur, und der natur- und heilkunde insbesondere (Vanden-Hoeck-Ruprecht, 1830), by Christian Friedrich Harless and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (page images at HathiTrust)
• Women in chemistry a study of professional opportunities... (The Bureau of vocational information, 1922), by N.Y.) Bureau of Vocational Information (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Women and minorities in science and engineering (National Science Foundation, 1984), by National Science Foundation (U.S.). Division of Science Resources Studies and Michael F. Crowley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technology women (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1916), by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and M.I.T. Women's Association. Registration Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Careers for women in the biological sciences (U. S. Dept. of Labor, Women's Bureau, 1961), by Mary Claire Murphy and Evelyn Siegel Spiro (page images at HathiTrust)
• Careers for women in the physical sciences (U. S. Dept. of Labor, Women's Bureau, 1959), by Mildred Sheridan Barber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lavoisier manuscript collection. (1766), by Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Rhoda Rappaport, Carl Perrin, Henry Guerlac, M. Vicq-d\'Azyr, Jacques Paulze, Gaspard Monge, M. Maugard, Marie-Anne-Pierrette Lavoisier, Jean-Antoine Lavoisier, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Benjamin Franklin, Antoine-François de Fourcroy, Auguste-Denis Fougeroux de Bondaroy, M. Duhamel du Monceau, J. L. Lagrange, Joseph Black, Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal, Claude-Louis Berthollet, Antoine Baumé, Anne-Marguerite-Charlotte Baudon, François Baudon, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Archives nationales (France), France. Ferme générale, France. Régie des poudres et salpêtres, and Académie des Sciences (France) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering. (National Science Foundation, 1994), by National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Woman in Science: With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind, by J. A. Zahm (Gutenberg ebook)

• Current topics in forest research : emphasis on contributions by women scientists : proceedings of a national symposium, Gainesville, Florida, November 4-6, 1986 (Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, 1987), by Nancy A. Pywell, S. V. Kossuth, University of Florida. Dept. of Forestry, and N.C.) Southeastern Forest Experiment Station (Asheville (page images at HathiTrust)

• Graduate school and beyond : a panel discussion from the Conference Science Careers in Search of Women, Waterfall Glen Conference, April 6-7, 1989 (Division of Educational Programs, Argonne National Laboratory, 1990), by Conference "Science Careers in Search of Women" (1989 : Argonne National Laboratory.), Natalia K. Meshkov, United States. Department of Energy, and Argonne National Laboratory. Division of Educational Programs (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lavoisier manuscript collection. (1766), by Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Rhoda Rappaport, Carl Perrin, Henry Guerlac, M. Vicq-d\'Azyr, Jacques Paulze, Gaspard Monge, M. Maugard, Marie-Anne-Pierrette Lavoisier, Jean-Antoine Lavoisier, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Benjamin Franklin, Antoine-François de Fourcroy, Auguste-Denis Fougeroux de Bondaroy, M. Duhamel du Monceau, J. L. Lagrange, Joseph Black, Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal, Claude-Louis Berthollet, Antoine Baumé, Anne-Marguerite-Charlotte Baudon, François Baudon, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Archives nationales (France), France. Ferme générale, France. Régie des poudres et salpêtres, and Académie des Sciences (France) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Mrs. Barbauld and her contemporaries : sketches of some eminent literary and scientific Englishwomen (Longmans, Green, 1877), by Sir Jerom Murch (page images at HathiTrust)

• A review of the Morella Commission report : recommendations to attract more women and minorities into science, engineering, and technology : hearing before the Subcommittee on Technology of the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, July 13, 2000. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by United States House Subcommittee on Technology (page images at HathiTrust)

• Research opportunities for women (The Foundation, 1985), by National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Climbing the Ladder: An Update on the Status of Doctoral Women Scientists and Engineers (1983), by National Research Council Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel (page images with commentary at NAP)
• To Recruit and Advance: Women Students and Faculty in U.S. Science and Engineering (2006), by National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Guide to Recruiting and Advancing Women Scientists and Engineers in Academia (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Women Scientists and Engineers Employed in Industry: Why So Few? (1994), by National Research Council Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Women in science and technology equal opportunity act, 1979 hearing before the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, on S. 568 ... August 1, 1979. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Women in science and technology equal opportunity act, 1980 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, on S. 568 ... March 3, 1980. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off. :, 1980), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Women making a difference (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1996), by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Careers for women in science and technology : hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, secondsession, May 12, 1994. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1994), by Space United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science (page images at HathiTrust)
• Commission on the Advancement of Women in Science, Engineering, and Technology Development Act : report (to accompany H.R. 3007) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 1998), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science (page images at HathiTrust)
• Women in science and technology equal opportunity act, 1979 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, on S. 568 ... August 1, 1979. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off. :, 1979), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• NSF visiting professorships for women. (The Foundation, 1983), by National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The outlook for women in science (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948), by United States Women's Bureau, Mary H. Brilla, Elsie Katcher Goodman, and Marguerite Wykoff Zapoleon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Science and engineering personnel : a national overview (National Science Foundation :, 1980), by National Science Foundation (U.S.) and Michael F. Crowley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Women and minorities in science and engineering (National Science Foundation, 1986), by Michael F. Crowley, Melissa J. Lane, and National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Breaking into the Lab: Engineering Progress for Women in Science (New York: NYU Press, 2012), by Sue V. Rosser (JSTOR ebook)

• Women and minorities in science and engineering, an update. (National Science Foundation, 1982), by National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering. (National Science Foundation, 1994), by National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering. (National Science Foundation, 1994), by National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Transforming Science and Engineering: Advancing Academic Women (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2007), ed. by Abigail J. Stewart, Janet E. Malley, and Danielle LaVaque-Manty (page images at HathiTrust)

• Federal scientific and technical personnel : detailed statistical tables. (National Science Foundation., 1978), by National Science Foundation (U.S.) and National Science Foundation (U.S.). Division of Science Resources Studies (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sisters in Science: Conversations with Black Women Scientists on Race, Gender, and Their Passion for Science (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, c2006), by Diann Jordan (PDF with commentary at Purdue)

• Sweeper in the Sky: The Life of Maria Mitchell, First Woman Astronomer in America (New York: Macmillan, 1949), by Helen Wright
  • illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals, by Maria Mitchell, ed. by Phebe Mitchell Kendall
  • page images at Harvard
  • Gutenberg text

• Women and Peer Review: An Audit of the Wellcome Trust's Decision-Making on Grants (PRISM report #8; London: Wellcome Trust, 1997), by Jonathan Grant and Lawrence Low (PDF at Wellcome Trust)

• Women in biomedical research (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1981), by National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Office of Extramural Research and Training. Special Programs Office and National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

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