From Hypatia of Alexandria, through Caroline Herschel, to Sally Ride, women have participated in humanity's quest to explore the world. Unfortunately, women have been kept from full participation. Often, the barriers are raised in grade school and continue to impede women long after their graduation from college. If more women were given the opportunity to pursue careers in the technical fields, it is likely that America's shortage of young scientists and engineers would not be as bad as it promises to be.

This bibliography covers ways of encouraging girls and women to choose technical careers and removing barriers to their advancement. All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call (358-0172) or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public, contact your Local Library for the availability of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.

Books

Ackmann, Martha. The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight. New York: Random House, 2003.

TL789.85 .A1 A35 2003 BOOKSTACKS

 

Bilstein, Roger E. Testing Aircraft, Exploring Space: An Illustrated History of NACA and NASA. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

TL521.312 .B58 2003 BOOKSTACKS

 

Freni, Pamela. Space for Women: A History of Women with the Right Stuff. Santa Ana, CA: Seven Locks Press, 2002.

TL539 .F74 2002 BOOKSTACKS

 

International Symposium on Technology and Society. 1999 International Symposium on Technology and Society: Women and Technology: Historical, Societal, and Professional Perspectives. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 1999.

T14.5 .I58 1999 LANGLEY

 

Jemison, Mae. Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments from my Life. New York: Scholastic Press, 2001.

TL789.85 .J4 J45 2001 BOOKSTACKS

 

Kevles, Bettyann. Almost Heaven: The Story of Women in Space. New York: Basic Books, 2003.

TL789.85 .A1 K48 2003 BOOKSTACKS

 

McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch. Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 1998.

Q141 .M35 1998 READY REFERENCE

 

National Research Council. Committee on Women in Science and Engineering. Ad Hoc Panel on Industry. Women Scientists and Engineers Employed in Industry: Why so few?. Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1994.

Q130 .W674 1994 BOOKSTACKS

 

Nolen, Stephanie. Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race. Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2002.

TL789.8.U5 N64 2002 BOOKSTACKS

 

Powers, Sheryll Goecke. Women in Flight Research at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center from 1946 to 1995. Washington, D.C.: NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, 1997.

T36 .P69 1997 BOOKSTACKS

 

Proffitt, Pamela (ed.). Notable Women Scientists. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999.

Q141 .N58 1999 READY REFERENCE

 

Schultz, James. Crafting Flight: Aircraft Pioneers and the Story of the Contributions of the Men and Women of NASA Langley Research Center. Washington, DC: NASA: For sale by U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., [2003?].

TL521.312.L1 S38 2003 BOOKSTACKS

 

Shayler, David and Ian A. Moule. Women in Space -- Following Valentina. Chichester, UK: Praxis Pub., 2005.

TL789.85 .W66 S53 2005 BOOKSTACKS

 

Shirley, Donna and Danelle Morton. Managing Martians. New York: Broadway Books, 1999, 1998.

TL789.85 .S52 A3 1999 BOOKSTACKS

 

Sonnert, Gerhard. Who Succeeds in Science?: The Gender Dimension. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995.

Q130 .S66 1995 BOOKSTACKS

 

Sonnert, Gerhard. Gender Differences in Science Careers: The Project Access Study. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995.

Q149.U5 S56 1995 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space. NASA and Education: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, June 19, 2002. Washington: U.S. G.P.O.: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2005.

KF26 .C65 N37 2005 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space. Title IX and Science: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, October 3, 2002. Washington: U.S. G.P.O.: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2005.

KF26 .C67 T58 2005 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space. Women in Science and Technology: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, July 24, 2002. Washington: U.S. G.P.O.: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2005.

KF26 .C67 W66 2005 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. Government Accountability Office. Gender Issues: Women's Participation in the Sciences Has Increased, but Agencies Need to Do More to Ensure Compliance with Title IX. [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Accountability Office, [2004].

LC1503 .G36 G46 2004 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. A Tribute to National Aeronautics and Space Administration Women Astronauts: Past and Present. [Washington, D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [2001]

TL789.85 .A1 T75 2001 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. The Role of Small Business in NASA's Return to Flight Initiative. [Washington, D.C.] : Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 2005.

TL795.5 .R65 2005 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. Women Contractors at NASA: Selected Profiles of Women-Owned Small Businesses Contributing to America's Space Program. [Washington, D.C.]: NASA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, [2004].

TL521.312 .W65 2004 BOOKSTACKS

 

Wasserman, Elga R. The Door in the Dream: Conversations with Eminent Women in Science. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 1999.

QH26 .W38 1999 BOOKSTACKS

 

Weitekamp, Margaret Ann. The Right Stuff, the Wrong Sex: The Science, Culture, and Politics of the Lovelace Woman in Space Program, 1959-1963. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Cornell University, 2001.

TL850 .W35 2001 BOOKSTACKS

 

Woodmansee, Laura S. Women Astronauts. Burlington, Ont.: Apogee Books, 2001.

TL789.85 .A1 W66 2002 BOOKSTACKS

 

Zuckerman, Harriet, Jonathan R. Cole, and John T. Bruer (ed.). The Outer Circle: Women in the Scientific Community. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992.

Q130 .O87 1992 BOOKSTACKS

 

Articles

"Absence of estrogen: Engineering is not a traditional career choice for women", Machine Design, vol. LXXII, no. 14 (2000): S36-S54.

 

"Employment-E-Mentoring-Website helps women scientists create and maintain one-on-one support systems", Chemical and Engineering News, vol. LXXXIII, no. 20 (2005): 55-67.

 

Fox, Mary and Carol Colatrella. "Participation, Performance, and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering: Whatis at Issue and Why", The Journal of Technology Transfer, vol. XXI, no. 3 (2006): 377-386.

 

Gaughan, Monica. "Institutional Assessment of Women in Science: Introduction to the Symposium", The Journal of Technology Transfer, vol. XXI, no. 3 (2006): 307-310.

 

Gaughan, Monica. "Introduction to the Symposium: Women in Science", The Journal of Technology Transfer, vol. XXI, no. 3 (2006): 339-342.

 

Geppert, Linda. "Careers-The perspectives of six women engineers", IEEE Spectrum, vol. XXXVI, no. 12 (1999): 69-77.

 

"High-Tech Workforce Needs-Participation of women and minoritiesis critical, panel says", Chemical and Engineering News, vol. LXXVIII, no. 30 (2000): 10

 

Jakob, Elizabeth M. "Lessons from Successful Women in Science", Bioscience, vol. LI, no. 10 (2001): 885-886.

 

Kushner, David. "The Social Life of Engineering-Sally Ride finds ways to keep girls interested in engineering and science", IEEE Spectrum. vol. XL, no. 10 (2003): 52-55.

 

Leggon, Cheryl. "Women in Science: Racial and Ethnic Diffrences and the Differences They Make", The Journal of Technology Transfer, vol. XXI, no. 3 (2006): 332-333.

 

Lucena, Juan C. "Women in Engineering: Politics in the Making of a Statistical Category", IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, vol. XIX, no. no. 1 (2000): 6-14.

 

Munro, Neil. "Issues and Ideas: Title IX: Not Just for Athletes-Bush administration officials are looking at extending Title IX to college science departments because of the realitively low number of women studying and teaching in the hard sciences", National Journal, vol. XXXVIII, no. 12 (2006): 50-51.

 

Orenstein, Peggy. "Why Science Must Adapt to Women-An eminent researcher discusses her rise to the top, as well as what is lost when people like her do a vanishing act", Discover, vol. XXIII, no. 11 (Nov. 2002): 58-61.

 

Patel-Predd, Prachi. "Resources-Careers-A new program aims to convince girls to become engineers", IEEE Spectrum, vol. XLII, no. 10 (2005): 49-51.

 

Preston, Anne. "Plugging the Leaks in the Scientific Workforce-Much more needs to be done to reverse the high rate of attrition of both men and women early in their scientific careers", Issues in Science and Technology, vol. XX, no. 4 (2004): 69-73.

 

"Programs, some formal and others in the field, seek to convince more women to follow the calling of technology", Mechanical Engineering, vol. CXXIII, no. 4 (2001): 46-51.

 

"Science and Technology-Perspective-Analysis suggests the underrepresentation of women on university chemistry faculties is not due to a leaky pipeline", Chemical and Engineering News, vol. LXXIX, no. 47 (2001): 71-76.

 

"Turning tradition on its ear-New teaching methods may attract more students, especially women, to engineering", Machine Design, vol. LXXIV, no. 12 (2002): 46-51.

 

"Women in Science-How do we make the field more attractive to girls?", Business Week, (Feb. 7, 2005): 42-43.

Reports

Arrington, Ginger L. F.; Gardner, James E.; Jacobs, James A.; Fillion, John E.; Mallick, P. K. (eds.). National Educators' Workshop. Update 1999: Standard Experiments in Engineering, Materials Science and Technology. NASA/CP-2000-210325.

(20000113027: Oct. 2000; NASA ASD)

 

Bakanic, Von. Career Issues and Internet Solutions for Women in Science and Engineering: An Internet Survey. Proceedings of the IPSI-2004 Prague

(20050206314: (2004); NASA ASD)

 

Coleman, Tommy L.; White, Bettie; Goodman, Steven; Sakimoto, P.; Randolph, Lynwood; Rickman, Doug (eds.). NASA University Research Centers Technical Advances in Aeronautics, Space Sciences and Technology, Earth Systems Sciences, Global Hydrology, and Education; Volumes 2 and 3. NONP-NASA/CD-1999011585

(20000032189: (Feb. 1998); NASA ASD)

 

Fries, Sylvia Doughty. The History of Women in NASA. NASA-TM-108100.

(19940005232: (Jan. 1991); NASA ASD)

 

Lorsbach, Anthony W.; Poole, Bobbie J. Program for reform: Teaching middle level science and technology for understanding; Final Report. NASA/CR-199964.

(19960011864: (Sept. 1995); NASA ASD)

 

NASA Astrobiology Institute. General Meeting of the NASA Astrobiology Institute. General Meeting of the NASA Astrobiology Insititute; 10-12 April 2001; Washington, DC

(20020002018: (April 2001); NASA ASD)

 

Orans, Robin; Duckett, Sophie; White, Susan (eds.).1993 Technical Paper Contest for Women. Gear Up 2000: Women in Motion. NASA/CP-10134.

(19940031454: (Feb. 1994); NASA ASD)

 

Palmer, Cynthia E. A. Expanding your horizons in science and mathematics; Final Report. NASA/CR-199133.

(19960003234: (May 1995); NASA ASD)

 

Prior, Edwin J.; Jacobs, James A.; Chung, W. Richard. National Educators' Workshop: Update 2002 - Standard Experiments in Engineering, Materials Science, and Technology. NASA/CP-2003-212403.

(20030062842: (May 2003); NASA ASD)

 

A Reality Based Exercise to Stimulate Student Interest in Quantitative Fields. Proceedings of the IPSI-2004 Prague

(20050206329: (2004); NASA ASD)

Internet Resources

American Association of University Women. 2006 [8 Aug. 2006]

http://www.aauw.org/

 

American Astronomical Society. Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy. 5 Jan. 2005 [cited 3 Aug. 2006]

http://www.aas.org/~cswa/

 

American Society for Engineering Education. Women in Engineering Division. Nov. 2002 [9 Aug. 2006]

http://www.csupomona.edu/%7Esparisay/ASEE/WIED/

 

Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. 2006 [cited 3 Aug. 2006]

http://www.anitaborg.org

 

Association for Women in Science. 2005 [cited 3 Aug. 2006]

http://www.awis.org/

 

Department of Education. Title IX: 25 Years of Progress. 9 July 1997 [cited 8 Aug. 2006]

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/TitleIX/index.html

 

Equal Employment Opprtunity Commission. 7 Aug. 2006 [cited 8 Aug. 2006]

http://www.eeoc.gov/

 

Expanding Your Horizons Network. 25 March 2006 [cited 10 Aug. 2006]

http://www.expandingyourhorizons.org/

 

Farrell, Sonja B. NASA Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity. 6 July 2006 [cited 8 Aug. 2006]

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codee/

 

International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. Working Group on Women in Physics. April 2006 [cited 10 Aug. 2006]

http://www.if.ufrgs.br/~barbosa/conference.html

 

International Women's Air & Space Museum. 2006 [cited 3 Aug. 2006]

http://www.iwasm.org/

 

James, Donald. Women at NASA. No date given. [cited 3 Aug. 2006]

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html

 

National Research Council. Committee on Women in Science and Engineering. 2006 [cited 3 Aug. 2006]

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cwse/

 

National Science Foundation. Division of Science Resources Statistics. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering. March 2006 [cited 3 Aug. 2006]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/

 

Society of Women Engineers. 2006 [cited 3 Aug. 2006]

http://www.swe.org

 

Wilson, Tara. NASA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. 13 July 2006 [cited 8 Aug. 2006]

http://www.osdbu.nasa.gov/

 

WITI - Women in Technology International. 2006 [cited 3 Aug. 2006]

http://www.witi.com/index-c.shtml

 

Women in Aerospace. 2005 [cited 3 Aug. 2006]

http://www.womeninaerospace.org