“Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds,” an early scientific text addressed to female readers, first published in 1686
Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657-1757View Full Item in University of Michigan“A serious proposal to the ladies,” which proposes an academy for women, by Mary Astell, 1701
Astell, Mary, 1668-1731View Full Item in Penn State University"Unabridged republication of the 1701 London edition ... obvious typographical errors ... have been corrected. Part 2, has sub-title, Wherein a method is offer'd for the improvement of their minds. Pa…
“Astronomie des dames,” a book about astronomy written for women, by Jerome Lalande, first published in 1785
Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de, 1732-1807View Full Item in University of IllinoisUniversity of Illinois Library bookplate "From the library of Conte Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana Lazelada di Bereguardo, purchased 1921" on the inside front cover. IU-R
“Sex in education,” which argues that higher education is harmful to a woman’s health, by Edward H. Clarke, first published 1873
Clarke, Edward H. (Edward Hammond), 1820-1877View Full Item in Indiana UniversitySex and education : a reply to Dr. E. H. Clarke’s “Sex in education” by Julia Ward Howe, 1874
Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910, edView Full Item in University of Michigan“No sex in education,” which argues for equal co-education of men and women, by Eliza Bisbee Duffey, 1874
Duffey, E. B. (Eliza Bisbee), d. 1898View Full Item in University of Michigan“Health statistics of women college graduates : report of a special committee of the Association of Collegiate Alumnæ,” which finds that seeking a college education does not adversely affect women’s health, 1885
View Full Item in Harvard UniversityHealth statistics of female college graduates : from the sixteenth Annual report of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor / by Carroll D. Wright.
“Woman and the higher education,” essays by leading female educators, edited by Anna C. Brackett, 1893
Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender), 1836-1911View Full Item in University of CaliforniaBellamy, Mrs. B. W. General introduction.--Brackett, A. C. Preface.--Willard, Mrs. E. (H.) A plan for improving female education.--Embury, Mrs. E. C. (M.) Female education.--Mitchell, M. The collegiat…
“Why go to college?” by former Wellesley College president Alice Freeman Palmer, circa 1897
Palmer, Alice Freeman, 1855-1902View Full Item in University of MichiganPortrait of Betsey T. Capen, professor of chemistry at Wellesley and Smith Colleges and founder of the Capen School for Girls, 1857
View Full Item in Bridgewater State University, Maxwell LibraryBetsey T. Capen, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, entered the State Normal School in Bridgewater with the 47th class in March 1856 and graduated in 1857. A teaching career of over 50 years included appoin…
Biology class at Mills College a women’s college, circa 1900
UnknownView Full Item in Mills College at Northeastern UniversityPhotograph of several women students in Josiah Keep's class in the Nathaniel Gray Hall of Science at Mills College.
Students working in science lab, University of Wisconsin, 1920s
View Full Item in University of Wisconsin Digital CollectionsStudents working in a lab, c. 1920s.
Portrait of Delia Silance, who obtained her bachelor’s degree and received the special award to “outstanding girl in science” from Purdue University, 1930
View Full Item in Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst LibrariesHalf-length portrait of young woman in necklace. Caption: Delia Silance, Purdue University, B.S. Special award to outstanding girl in science. Math-Eng.
Students staining slides in a biology laboratory at Russell Sage College, a women’s college, 1945
Rittase, William MView Full Item in The Sage CollegesTwo students are staining slides in a Biology laboratory. They are working at a lab table and a set of staining glasses are in front of them. One student is holding what appears to be tweezers and is…
Sister Stephanie Henry, S.B.S, teaching science at Xavier University Preparatory School, New Orleans, Louisiana, undated
View Full Item in Marquette UniversitySister Stephanie Henry, S.B.S., teaching science, Xavier University Preparatory School, New Orleans, Louisiana. Note by Archivist: Established 1915. Verso caption: Sr. Stephanie Henry teaching science…
Joan K. Haselman Carter in Master’s regalia, having earned her Master of Science degree in Nursing from Saint Louis University, 1962
Unknown creator, St. Louis UniversityView Full Item in Saint Louis UniversityJoan Haselman Carter received her Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) from the SLU School of Nursing. Here she is standing in full Master's regalia, flanked on the left by Sister Geraldine Kulle…
Ilene Pope of Ashley Valley Junior High, tied for first place at the Science Fair, Vernal, Utah, 1963
View Full Item in Uintah County (UT) LibraryIlene Pope of Ashley Valley Junior High tied for first place in the junior high biological division with this striking layout of the human heart.
Sister Clarence Paul prepares a photomicrograph of Paramecium trichium in the science laboratory at The College of Saint Rose, 1964
View Full Item in The College of Saint RoseSister Clarence Paul prepares a photomicrograph of Paramecium trichium. Sister Clarence Paul returned to her birth name, [Sister] Margaret Keeshan. She went on to become the fourth president of the Co…
Connie Guion, MD, at the site of the Sweet Briar College Connie Guion Science Building, crica 1964
Campbell, GeneView Full Item in Cornell UniversityUnmounted prints of Connie Guion, MD of the Sweet Briar College Connie Guion Science Building. Connie Guion graduated from CUMC in 1917. Her residency was completed at the Second (Cornell) Medical Div…
Dr. Grace Van DerVoort teaching students in a science lab at Russell Sage College, undated
View Full Item in The Sage CollegesDr. Grace Van DerVoort is demonstrating how to use a machine to two Russell Sage College students. The exact name and purpose of the machine is unknown but it is believed to have been used to conduct…
News release about Clarkson College of Technology returning to co-education after nearly 60 years, 1964
Barnes Jr., Curtis LView Full Item in Clarkson UniversityClarkson College of Technology, a men's school, returns to co-educational after nearly 60 years with nine incoming women students in 1964. Their names are: Karen Politica, Mathematics; Mary Ann Schern…
Dr. Marjorie Caserio, University of California Irvine’s first female faculty member, in her chemistry lab, 1965
View Full Item in UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research LibraryJOINS FACULTY-Mrs. Marjorie Caserio works on melting point determination apparatus. She's first woman faculty member at UC Irvine and has been named assistant professor of organic chemistry.
Students in a science classroom at Pine Manor College, a women’s college in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1971
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Students working in computer lab at the University of North Texas, circa 2013
Clark, JunebugView Full Item in UNT Libraries Special CollectionsPhotograph of students working in a computer lab, room 101 of the General Academic Building (GAB) at UNT. 1 photograph : digital, col.
