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Ghosts of women past

   Speaker: Dr Patricia Fara, Clare College, Cambridge

  • 18 February 2011, 13:00 - 14:00
Add to Calendar 02/18/11 01:00 PM 02/18/11 02:00 PM United Kingdom (GMT) Ghosts of women past <p>This lecture will consider how the past has affected present attitudes towards women in science.</p> The Royal Society, London, SW1Y 5AG
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   Speaker: Dr Patricia Fara, Clare College, Cambridge
"I do not agree with sex being brought into science at all. The idea of 'woman and science' is completely irrelevant. Either a woman is a good scientist, or she is not." So declared Hertha Ayrton over hundred years ago – but she was unable to become a Fellow of the Royal Society because she was married. How has the past affected present attitudes towards women in science?