Women in Science and Medicine Portal

This portal provides links to various resources – both in print and electronic – about women in science and/or medicine. This portal was prepared as a collaboration between the UT Southwestern Library and the UT Southwestern Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee.

Grants & Awards

AAUW Fellowships, Grants, and Awards for U.S. and International Women Scholars

ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers

Mary Fieser Postdoctoral Fellowship

National Medical Fellowships

P.E.O. Projects/Philanthropies

SDE/GWIS National Fellowships Program

Sex/Gender in the Biomedical Science Workforce

Professional Organizations

American Association of University Women (AAUW)

American Medical Association Women in Medicine (AMA -WM)

American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)

Association for Women in Science

Association of Women Surgeons (AWS)

Graduate Women in Science

Web Resources

Changing the Face of Medicine

Faculty Women’s Club - UT Southwestern

Global Library of Women's Medicine

Women In Chemistry: Chemical & Engineering News

Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee (WISMAC)

Women in Science from ScienceCareers.org

Women in Science: A Selection of 16 Significant Contributors

Women Nobel Laureates

Recommended Titles

The following titles have been recommended by members of the UT Southwestern Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee. If the Library owns a title in print format, the call number indicating shelf location is shown. Otherwise, a link to either an electronic version of a title or the Library's Interlibrary Loan system is provided.

Equal Rites, Unequal Outcomes: Women in American Research Universities
Lilli S. Hornig
Is it available? Library does not own; request from Interlibrary Loan (ISBN 9780306473514)

Feminism and Science
Evelyn Fox Keller
WP 101 R118T TOP-FLOOR
Is it available? Library Catalog

From Scarcity to Visibility: Gender Differences in the Careers of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers
Is it available? Electronic Books

Hardball for Women: Winning at the Game of Business
Pat Heim
HD 6053 .H39 TOP-FLOOR
Is it available? Library Catalog

The Mind Has No Sex?: Women in the Origins of Modern Science
Londa Schiebinger
Is it available? Library does not own; request from Interlibrary Loan (ISBN 9780674576254)

Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about Women and Men
Anne Fausto-Sterling
BF 692.2 F268M TOP-FLOOR
Is it available? Library Catalog

Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
AS 911 M478N TOP-FLOOR
Is it available? Library Catalog

The Politics of Women's Biology
Ruth Hubbard
WP 101 H876P TOP-FLOOR
Is it available? Library Catalog

Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives: Women in Science 1789-1989
Pnina G. Abir-Am
Is it available? Library does not own; request from Interlibrary Loan (ISBN 9780813512563)

What's Past Is Prologue: The Personal Stories of Women in Science at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Eric G. Nielson
WZ 150 W555 TOP-FLOOR
Is it available? Library Catalog

Why Aren't More Women in Science?: Top Researchers Debate the Evidence
Stephen J. Ceci
Q 130 .W49 TOP-FLOOR
Is it available?

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