Careers: Exploring the Possibilities Published by the
New Mexico Network for Women in Science & Engineering. The
possibilities include such careers as Architecture, Space Science,
Computer Science, Engineering, Field Service Technology, Materials
Science, Medical Technology, Technical Communication and many
others. Also included in the booklet is information on the importance
of education, as well as information on job interviews, networking,
cover letters, resumes, stress management and so much more. www.t12.lanl.gov/home/lawis/NMNWSE/EYH/CareersBook/
C00TOC.html
Cool Careers for Girls in Engineering by Ceel Pasternak,
et al (Paperback - September 1999). www.amazon.com
"Discover Engineering Through Reading." Browse
through the list of books geared toward all different age groups
with topics like career guidance, space, engineering, science fiction,
and more. www.eweek.org/2002/Library/reading.shtml
Visit AWSEM's Gender Equity site to read some compelling facts,
articles, and an annotated bibliography, which focus on gender equity
in the world of science. The articles included are, In Their
Nature: Compelling Reasons to Engage Girls in Science and Gender
Equity and Mentorship in Science, Engineering and Mathematics:
1997 and they can be found at www.awsem.com
Setting the Record Straight: The History and Evolution of Women's
Professional Achievement in Engineering by Betty Reynolds and Jill
Tietjen. www.awsem.com
The Journal of Technology Education is a place for scholarly
discussions and offers manuscripts that focus on the research, philosophy,
and theory of technology in education. Also offered are book reviews,
editorials, guest articles, literature reviews, and reactions to
past articles.
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/
Setting the Record Straight: The History and Evolution of
Women's Professional Achievement in Engineering by Betty Reynolds
and Jill Tietjen. www.amazon.com
The Smart Girl's Guide to College: A Serious Book Written
by Women in College to Help You Make the Perfect College Choice
by Cristina Page. www.amazon.com
Women and the Machine: Representations From the Spinning
Wheel to the Electronic Age by Julie Wosk. The book includes over
150 photographs, illustrations, cartoons, art works, and other images
that reveal the ways women have overcome stereotypes and skepticism
about their mechanical abilities over the past three centuries.
It includes chapters on women and electricity, women and automobiles,
women and aviation, women working in wartime, and other material.
This book is not to be missed. Find it at www.amazon.com
Women in Science and Engineering: Choices for Success (Annals
of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 869) by Cecily Cannan
Selby (Editor) (Paperback - June 2000).
www.amazon.com
Women's Science: Learning and Succeeding from the Margins
by Margaret A. Eisenhart, Elizabeth Finkel (Paperback - November
1998). www.amazon.com
Archives of Women in Science and Engineering
Iowa State University e-Library. www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/wise/wise.html
Tanya Zanish-Belcher, Asst. Professor
Head, Special Collections Dept. & University Archives
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
Phone: (515) 294-6648
Fax: (515) 294-5525
E-mail: tzanish@iastate.edu
Society of Women Engineers Archives.
www.reuther.wayne.edu
Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
Contact: Lauren Kata, (313) 577-4024, laurenkata@wayne.edu.