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A tale of two 19th-century researchers reveals how professionalization led to women's exclusion from science [View all]
The lost scientists
SARAH BOON
SCIENCE
26 Oct 2023
Vol 382, Issue 6669
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk4874
Unfortunately this is paid access only, however in the opening paragraphs she mentions this book
Mischievous creatures: the forgotten sisters who transformed early American science
https://discovery.arcadialibrary.org/GroupedWork/f5a765ab-35b2-6831-e10c-e47401e015b9-eng/Home
And both of these reminded me of the women in computer science who were shoved aside once it changed from a women's job to a men's job.
I hope science classes are teaching about these women today. It's enraging that many if not most science classrooms are still tainted by a sexist / misogynistic culture.
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