Gender, politics and radioactivity: The case of Red Vienna Genre, politique et radioactivité: Le cas de Vienne la Rouge
Rentetzi M (2010)
Publication Type: Journal article, Review article
Publication year: 2010
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Book Volume: 23
Pages Range: 127-146
Journal Issue: 1
DOI: 10.3917/tgs.023.0127
Abstract
Besides a place of scientific production, the scientific laboratory is definitely a space of work where tasks are labeled as skilled and unskilled, and positions are divided to those paid monthly and those supported by grant money or by research fellowships. This paper focuses on the case of the Institute for Radium Research in Vienna, and argues that the work culture of its laboratories was fairly gender equal, allowing women physicists to achieve important scientific goals. During the interwar period women accounted for the one third of the total number of the researchers thanks to the encouraging attitude of the director of the Institute, the politics of Red Vienna, and the interdisciplinarity of the field. Compared with other institutional settings such as the Cavendish laboratory, the Vienna Institute constitutes an exceptional case and a fascinating example of women's work in science. © 2010 Cairn.info.
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Rentetzi, M. (2010). Gender, politics and radioactivity: The case of Red Vienna Genre, politique et radioactivité: Le cas de Vienne la Rouge. Travail Genre Et Societes, 23(1), 127-146. https://dx.doi.org/10.3917/tgs.023.0127
MLA:
Rentetzi, Maria. "Gender, politics and radioactivity: The case of Red Vienna Genre, politique et radioactivité: Le cas de Vienne la Rouge." Travail Genre Et Societes 23.1 (2010): 127-146.
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