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A position to command respect : women and the eleventh Britannica

The 1910-1911 Encyclopedia Britannica was advertised as the high water mark of human knowledge. That 34 of the 1,500 contributors were women was widely perceived as signaling a significant breakthrough into the world of learning. The book examines public and private aspects of the women contributors' lives and includes short biographies...delightful...a marvelous encapsulation of a turning point in society and scholarship. Well-written and engaging from start to finish, this work would be a fine addition to already strong women's studies collections. - CHOICE.

Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), une victorienne engagée

"Si Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) a été redécouverte par les chercheurs britanniques et américains dès les années 1980, cette écrivain reste largement méconnue en France des victorianistes et plus largement des chercheurs en sciences humaines. Le présent ouvrage se veut être la présentation d'une femme engagée bien avant l'émergence dans la conscience collective de la conviction que les réformes attendues étaient la réponse indispensable pour. redresser la société victorienne. Séduite par le positivisme d'Auguste Comte dont elle traduisit en anglais l'opus majeur en le condensant, elle vit dans l'apport de cette philosophie une raison de croire au progrès possible et de continuer à oeuvrer pour l'émergence d'un monde plus juste. Son engagement au cours de sa carrière, retracé en première partie, est illustré par des extraits de ses écrits témoignant de ses convictions dans le domaine intellectuel, religieux, politique et social."--P. [4] of cover.

Elizabeth Carter, 1717-1806 : an edition of some unpublished letters

This edition includes 111 letters and a brief note. Written by Miss Carter, they date from October 1737 to May 1804, less than two years before her death, they have not been published before and are a very small portion of the thousands of letters that she sent and received. Part of their value lies in the fact that they provide a better understanding of the learned, religious person whom her nephew, Montagu Pennington, wishes to portray in his "Memoirs of Miss Carter". They show how generous and dependable a friend she was; how faithful in keeping contact; how witty and lighthearted she could be; and how serious. Gwen Hampshire is retired from Oxford University where she held appointments as Librarian at several colleges.

Embodied Knowledge: Women and Science Before Silicon Valley