Revised: Feb. 2009

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. According to the National Science Foundation, although women currently make up a little less than half the total workforce in America, they only make up a quarter of America's scientific and engineering workforce. Often, the barriers to entering those fields are raised in grade school and continue to impede women long after their graduation from college. This bibliography offers a selection of materials about women in science and engineering, especially at NASA, and encouraging young women to enter those careers.

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 availibilty 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, NY: Random House, 2003.

TL789.85 .A1 A35 2003 BOOKSTACKS

 

Hopping, Lorraine Jean. Space Rocks: The Story of Planetary Geologist Adriana Ocampo. New York, NY: Franklin Watts, 2005.

TL789.85 .S52 A3 1999 BOOKSTACKS

 

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

TL789.85 .J4 J45 2001 BOOKSTACKS

 

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

TL789.85 .W66 S53 2005 BOOKSTACKS

 

Shirley, Donna. Managing Martians. New York, NY: Broadway Books, 1999.

QB454.2 O23H67 2005 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Research and Science Education. Women in Academic Science and Engineering: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session, October 17, 2007. Washington, DC: USGPO, 2008.

KF27 |B .S3984 2007F 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: Report to Congressional Requesters. Washington, DC: US 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, DC: 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. Women Contractors at NASA: Selected Profiles of Women-Owned Small Businesses Contributing to America's Space Program. Washington, DC: 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, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 1999.

QH26 .W38 1999 BOOKSTACKS

 

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

TL789.85 .A1 W66 2002 BOOKSTACKS

 

__________. Women of Space: Cool Careers on the Final Frontier. Burlington, Ont.: Apogee, 2003

HQ1397 .W66 2003 BOOKSTACKS

Articles and Reports

Bentley, Jerome T, and Rebecca Adamson. Gender Differences in the Careers of Academic Scientists and Engineers: A Literature Review.. National Science Foundation: Arlington, VA, 2003.

(ED478916: (2003) ERIC)

 

Buxton, Cory A. "Rethinking 'Authentic' Science Learning: Context, Agency and Feminist Science in the Case of a Reform-Minded Biology Department", in: Annual Meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA: February 1-3, 2001.

(ED449994: (2001) ERIC)

 

Campbell, Patricia B., et al. Upping the Numbers: Using Research-Based Decision Making To Increase Diversity in the Quantitative Disciplines. GE Fund, Fairfield, CT: 2002.

(ED463714: (2002) ERIC)

 

Erkut, Sumru, and Fern Marx. 4 Schools for Women in Engineering (WIE): Evaluation Report. Wellesley Centers for Women: Wellesley, MA, 2005.

(ED500754: (2005) ERIC)

 

Hammrich, Penny L., Beverly Livingston, and Greer Richardson. The Sisters in Science Program: Barriers Broken and Lessons Learned. ERIC: Washington, DC, 2002

(ED464855: (2002) ERIC)

 

Ivie, Rachel, and Stacy Guo. Women in Physics and Astronomy. AIP report no. R-430.02. Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics: College Park, MD, 2005

(ED490919: (2005) ERIC)

 

__________. Women Physicists Speak Again. AIP Report no. R-441. Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics: College Park, MD, 2006

(ED492091: (2006) ERIC)

 

Kondrick, Linda C. "What Does the Literature Say about the Persistence of Women with Career Goals in Physical Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics?", in: Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association, Biloxi, MS, November 5-7, 2003.

(ED482698: (2003) ERIC)

 

Ney, Cheryl, Jaqueline Ross, and Laura Stempel (eds.). Flickering Clusters: Women, Science, and Collaborative Transformations. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI, 2001.

(ED468780: (2001) ERIC)

 

Pinder, Patrice Juliet. The "Black Girl Turn" in Research on Gender and Science Education: Toward Exploring and Understanding the Early Experiences of Black Females.. ERIC: Washington, DC, 2008

(ED499925: (2008) ERIC)

 

Tsai, Li-Ling. "Identity Reconstruction of Women in Physics: Interventionist Discourse Matters", in: Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia, PA: March 22-26, 2003.

(ED474533: (2003) ERIC)

 

Wood, Shaunda L. "Becoming a Woman Engineer in the Community of Practice: Validity and Value in Engineering-Education Research", in: Annual Meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA: April 1-5, 2002.

(ED465706: (2002) ERIC)

Internet Resources

American Association of University Women. 2009 [Feb. 17, 2009]

http://www.aauw.org/

 

American Astronomical Society. Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy. Jan. 29, 2009 [Feb. 17, 2009]

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

 

American Society for Engineering Education. Women in Engineering Division. Oct. 16, 2008 [Feb. 17, 2009]

http://wied.asee.org/

 

Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. Jan. 23, 2009 [Feb. 17, 2009]

http://anitaborg.org/

 

Association for Women in Science. Feb. 15, 2009 [Feb. 17, 2009]

http://www.awis.org/

 

Brunner, Christopher. NASA Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity. Jan. 27, 2009 [Feb. 17, 2009]

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

 

Expanding Your Horizons Network. 2008 [Feb. 17, 2009]

http://www.expandingyourhorizons.org/

 

International Women's Air and Space Museum. Feb. 12, 2009 [Feb. 17, 2009]

http://www.iwasm.org/

 

Martinez, Debbie. Women of NASA. Jan. 2009 [Feb. 18, 2009]

http://oeop.larc.nasa.gov/fwp/won/index.html

 

McCann, Mike. NASA Office of Human Capital Management. Dec. 2008 [May 22, 2009]

http://nasapeople.nasa.gov/default.htm

This website emables the visitor to examine the NASA civil servant workforce by several different criteria.

 

National Research Council. Committee on Women in Science and Engineering. 2009 [Feb. 17, 2009]

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/cwsem/index.htm

 

National Science Foundation. Division of Science Resources Statistics. Workforce: Women. 2009 [Feb. 18, 2009]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/showpub.cfm?TopID=14&SubID=45

 

Project ENHANCE. Nov. 17, 2006 [Feb. 12, 2009]

http://www.education.umd.edu/EDCP/enhance_site/

 

The Society of Women Engineers. 2008 [Feb. 18, 2009]

http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/

 

Women in Aerospace. 2008 [Feb. 18, 2009]

http://www.womeninaerospace.org/