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'I am not a lady, I am a scientist.' Chemistry, Women, and Gender in the Enlightenment and the Era of Professional Science. Introduction.
2022
This article introduces a collection of papers on women, gender, and chemistry in eighteenth- and twentieth-century Europe and the United States. After briefly surveying previous research on women and gender in science and outlining the long history of women in chemistry, we present this special issue's main findings concerning several key themes, including the identities and strategies of women engaged in chemical activities and the enabling circumstances and networks that helped these women gain entry into male-dominated institutions and fields of study. We suggest that these overarching themes are equally relevant to the Enlightenment era and the late nineteenth- and early to mid-twentie…
Crazy about science: The difficulty of mixing accountability and caregiving
2017
The general model for evaluating scientific production fits into the accountability system: a way of measuring scientific output which does not usually acknowledge the presence of gender imbalances in academic institutions. Here we take the need to rethink this system and the indicators it uses to measure productivity and scientific quality, as well as the social conditions in which these activities are measured, as a starting point. In particular, we urge the review of this system, considering the administration of caregiving to dependents, be they young or old, as an example, because it is an unresolved problem that affects scientific work as well as progress in gender equality in univers…
Las voluntades testamentarias de Luis simarro Lacabra (1851-1921)
2021
En el pasado año 2021 se cumplió el centenario del fallecimiento del valenciano Luis Simarro Lacabra (1851- 1921), figura pionera de la neurohistología española, que ejerció una gran influencia neurocientífica en nuestro país a lo largo del último tercio del siglo XIX y primero del XX. Pasados 100 años de su muerte, restan todavía por conocerse diversas circunstancias de la vida de Simarro y muchos de los intereses científicos concretos que tuvo, entre otras razones debido a la reducida producción científica que Simarro generó. En el presente trabajo revisamos los tres testamentos que Simarro dictó a lo largo de su vida, analizando los contenidos de sus voluntades testamentarias y los cambi…
Maritime Crossroads : The Knowledge Pursuits of María de Betancourt (Tenerife, 1758-1824) and Joana de Vigo (Menorca, 1779-1855)
2022
This article explores the biographies of two gentlewomen, María de Betancourt (1758–1824) and Joana de Vigo (1779–1855), who lived respectively in Tenerife and Menorca, two crucial nodes in the scientific, commercial and military global networks of the late eighteenth century. Some of their scientific and literary contributions are mapped, paying particular attention to how they became active in contemporaneous learned networks. It is argued that the peculiar, intellectually rich microcosms of the islands shaped these women's lives in ways that enabled them to enter learned circles, either real or imaginary, and from a very modest site to contribute to the global circulation of ideas, goods…
Motivación docente y actitud hacia las ciencias: influencia de las emociones y factores de género
2018
El presente trabajo pretende comprobar si existe una actitud negativa hacia la ciencia entre estudiantes del Grado en Maestro/a en Educación Primaria/Infantil de la Universitat de València y de la Universitat Jaume I (Castellón), abordando el estudio desde una perspectiva de género para establecer si se trata de un factor que puede influir en esta percepción, y analizar qué papel juegan las emociones en la percepción de la ciencia. Para ello se planteó evaluar las actitudes de los futuros profesores tomando en consideración, además, factores como las experiencias previas profesionales y personales con respecto a la ciencia y su enseñanza. Se suministró un cuestionario sobre las actitudes re…
Gender Diversity in STEM Disciplines: A Multiple Factor Problem.
2019
La falta de diversidad, y específicamente de diversidad de género, es uno de los problemas clave que se están encontrando tanto las empresas del sector tecnológico como las instituciones del ámbito académico en la educación superior. Según la UNESCO, las mujeres representan el 35% de todos los matriculados en las ramas de Ciencia, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas (STEM, en sus siglas en inglés), encontrándose el mínimo, un 3%, en el área de las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (TIC). Al mismo tiempo, el número de mujeres profesionales que abandonan trabajos de perfil tecnológico es inaceptablemente alto. Como miembros de una institución de educación superior centrada e…
Patriotic Women: Chemistry and Gender in the Eighteenth-Century Spanish World
2022
During the second half of the eighteenth century, Western countries wit- nessed an explosion of societies and publishing initiatives aimed at creating and disseminating what contemporaries called useful knowledge. These 'economic societies,' 'societies of friends of the country,' or 'societies of im- provers' sought to improve their local communities through the scientific management of natural and social resources. This article analyses the oppor- tunities that this movement of patriots opened up for women in chemistry, who went from being 'exceptional women' to representing themselves as female 'friends of the country.' This article shows the different ways in which these women 'friends o…
Towards breaking the Gender Gap in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
2020
The gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) has drawn the attention of research and academic communities due to its impact in the Digital Society, targeting the fourth and fifth 2030 sustainable development goals of achieving quality education and gender equality. Recent studies show that women are enrolling STEM studies in smaller proportion than men and that they have a larger probability to renounce to their jobs or to take leaves. In this scenario, the involvement of educational institutions is seminal to change this trend. The School of Engineering of the University of Valencia (ETSE-UV), Spain, launched in 2011 a pilot program to promote STEM careers, foc…
Girls4STEM: Gender Diversity in STEM for a Sustainable Future
2020
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are key disciplines towards tackling the challenges related to the Sustainable Development Goals. However, evidence shows that women are enrolling in these disciplines in a smaller percentage than men, especially in Engineering related fields. As stated by the United Nations Women section, increasing the number of women studying and working in STEM fields is fundamental towards achieving better solutions to the global challenges, since the potential for innovation is larger. In this paper, we present the Girls4STEM project, which started in 2019 at the Escola Tè