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California Institute of Technology. (2006). Streaming Theatre. Retrieved March
20, 2006, from http://today.caltech.edu/theater/list?
subset=culture&story_count=end.

An informative site offering broadband, cable and DSL connection to talks, discussion and forums on current issues hosted by Caltech. Searching under "women" will yield topic titles such as "Diversifying the Talent Pools for Science and Engineering; Barriers and Enablers for Women in Engineering; Women in Science, a Panel Discussion; Encouraging Girls and Women to Pursue Technical Fields; and Post-Affirmative Action Challenges to Diversity in Higher Education."

2: Science and gender with Evelyn Fox Keller [Video]
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Clark, L. (Producer), & Moyers, Bill D (Writer). (1990). Science and gender with
Evelyn Fox Keller [videorecording]. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video.

When Evelyn Fox Keller set out in the 1950's to become a scientist, she discovered it was a man's world, not only because most scientists were male, but also because the language of science itself reflected masculine metaphors and values. In this episode, Keller discusses the significant role that gender plays in the language that scientists use to describe their work. Keller says, "There is no magic lens that will enable us to see nature uncolored by any values, hopes, fears, anxieties, desires, goals that we bring to it." Discussing the beginning of modern science, Keller says, " The central metaphor for the scientific revolution was a marriage between the mind and nature- a patriarchal marriage, the purpose of which was the domination of nature, the bride (symbolizing) nature." Keller says," I'm objecting to the language of laws and also to the notion that they are 'as free of human values as the rules of arithmetic.' It is a fantasy that any human product could be free of human values. And science is a human product." Evelyn Fox Keller is a theoretical physicist in the Department of Rhetoric at the University of California at Berkeley and author of Reflections in Gender and Science as well as the biography A feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock.

3: Count Me In: Educating Women for Science and Math [Video]
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Mills College (Producer). (1978). Count Me In: Educating Women for Science
and Math. [videorecording] Mills College: H.G.W. Production.

This videorecording contains a documentary of a comprehensive curricular/career model program at Mills College designed to help women enter scientific and technical fields. A series of vignettes illustrating key aspects of the program philosophy and methods is presented. Various viewpoints and experiences are related by women of different ages, ethnic backgrounds, levels of math preparation, and career aspirations in order to demonstrate that women can be motivated to enter nontraditional fields. Many elements of the program can be adapted for use at other educational levels and types of institutions to meet the needs of a variety of students.

4: Online NewsHour: Schools Work to Close Science Gender Gap.

Public Broadcasting Service. (2006). Online NewsHour:Schools Work to Close
Science Gender Gap -- June 1, 2005. Retrieved March 20, 2006, from
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/jan-june05/science_6-01.html#.

About five and a half million people in the United States are in science and engineering occupations, ranging from aerospace, to technology, to chemistry. Most of these jobs are held by men. According to the National Science Foundation, women make up less than 25 percent of all science and engineering jobs in the government and private sectors. One prominent study in 2002 found that among the top 50 university science and engineering departments on average, only 15 percent of all tenure and tenure-track professors are women. Interviews with students and faculty of private girls' school Hathaway Brown about gender biases.

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