In the past 30 years, feminists have produced major critiques of
science...there have also been several modern histories of women
scientists, new biographies, and numerous research studies of their
recent career developments. Schiebinger's latest book is a summary
to date of this body of knowledge...a very rich area of critical
analysis.--Judith Lorber "Ideology and Cultural Production "
Schiebinger's questions and conclusions should interest all
veterinarians, since we are currently living through a dramatic-and
much debated-alteration in the gender composition of our
profession. Work such as Schiebinger's, although scholarly and not
specific to veterinary medicine, helps us to think about our own
professional transformation...Sciebinger's 'feminism' then, is a
point of view that attacks narrowness in scientific thought and
practice. She says that 'after a while, change builds on change.'
Let us all work towards the day when we can answer the question
'hasfeminism changed veterinary medicine' with a resounding
'yes.'--Susan D. Jones, D.V.M., PhD "Association for Women
Veterinarians "
This is by no means a specialist or polemical book: on the contrary
it courts a wide readership, offering a brilliant general picture
of the development of science and the current state of play, seen
through the frame of a feminist vision, which is at once
celebratory and critical...Schiebinger's thoroughly accessible and
informative writing, like a good public service radio program,
draws people into areas they didn't know could interest them, and
sends them away with ideas for further reflection.--Barbara
Crowther "Public Understanding of Science "
and sends them away with ideas for further reflection.
developments. Schiebinger's latest book is a summary to date of
this body of knowledge...a very rich area of critical analysis.
practice. She says that 'after a while, change builds on change.'
Let us all work towards the day when we can answer the question
'has feminism changed veterinary medicine' with a resounding
'yes.'
The answer to the question posed by the title is "Yes, but not
enough." Londa Schiebinger specializes in gender issues in science,
and this is a synthesis of her earlier books, ranging through
history to uncover the many women whose work has been overlooked,
if not stolen, by male scientists over the centuries, as well as
the women who have made a difference in fields as diverse as
medicine, archeology and primatology...Schiebinger also offers a
number of suggestions for change.
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