Girls coming to tech! : a history of American engineering education for women

• Main Author: Bix, Amy Sue (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2013]
• Series: Engineering studies series.
• Subjects: Women in engineering > United States > History.; Women in higher education > United States > History.; Engineering > Study and teaching > United States > History.; United States.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780262320269
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (xii, 360 pages) : illustrations.

Table of Contents:

• Rare invaders: the pre-World War II history of women in American engineering
• World War II: emergency engineering employment training
• New wartime and postwar engineering majors: purdue, RPI, Columbia
• Coeducation via lawsuit: Georgia Tech
• Coeducation for social life: Caltech
• A special case: women at MIT
• Changing the climate.