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1: 4000 years of Women in Science	Crocker D., Howard, S. (2006, March). 4000 years of Women in Science. Retrieved March 19, 2006, from http://crux.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html
	This list emphasizes women of the past - mainly pre-20th century. Science is a traditional role for women. Dr. Deborah Crocker at the University of Alabama and Dr. Sethanne Howard retired from the US Naval Observatory maintain this site. They are both astronomers. They dedicate this site to all those wonderful women of our past.

2: Some Women in Science and Technology Resources on the Internet

Herzenberg C. L. (2002, March 25).Some Women in Science Resources.
Retrieved March 22, 2006, from
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/9137/women_in_science.html

Caroline L. Herzenberg's personal website with several links under the Women in Science heading. After undergraduate study at M.I.T, she complet graduate studies at the University of Chicago with a doctoral thesis in experimental low energy nuclear physics. After postdoc appointments at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, she taught as a faculty member at Illinois Institute of Technology, the University of Illinois at the Medical Center, and California State University, Fresno. She also spent a couple of years as a research scientist at IIT Research Institute. Then for a number of years worked as a member of the professional staff of Argonne National Laboratory, and retired from Argonne National Laboratory in March 2001.

Korenman, J. (2006, March 21).Women-Related Science/Technology Sites.
Retrieved March 22, 2006, from http://www-
unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links_sci.html

Joan Korenman is Founding Director of the Center for Women and Information Technology, Professor Emerita of English, and Affiliate Professor Emerita of Women's Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). In December 1999 and May 2001, she and the Center received exceptional recognition from ABCNews.com's Wired Women column, which described the Center's web site as "the best resource on women and technology on the Web." In April 2001, she was named one of the Top25 Women on the Web by San Francisco Women on the Web. Baltimore Magazine's April 2003 issue included an article about her and her work. Before founding the Center in 1998, Professor Korenman directed UMBC's Women's Studies Program (1982-98). She received her B.A. from Brandeis University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in American literature from Harvard University. In 1991, she established WMST-L, an electronic forum for Women's Studies teaching, research, and program administration. With more than 4900 subscribers in 47 countries, WMST-L is now the largest women-related academic e-mail forum in the world. She also established and maintains the highly acclaimed Women's Studies Online Resources site (now under the Center's aegis); it includes annotated, frequently-updated listings of women-related e-mail forums, web sites concerned with women's studies/women's issues, and much more. Professor Korenman is the author of Internet Resources on Women (1997) and articles about computer-mediated communication and online resources for women. She has given numerous conference talks and workshops on these topics and participated in a panel on "Doing Women's Studies Research Electronically" at the 1995 United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing.

4: Committee on Women in Science and Engineering (CWSE)

The National Academies. (2006, March 23). Committee on Women in Science
and Engineering (CWSE) Homepage. Retrieved March 23, 2006, from
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cwse/

The Committee on Women in Science and Engineering (CWSE) was established in 1990 as a standing committee of the National Research Council (NRC). CWSE’s mandate is to coordinate, monitor, and advocate action to increase the participation of women in science and engineering. The committee collects and disseminates information on the education and employment of women scientists and engineers, and recommends ways to enhance women’s advancement. CWSE activities include an agenda of study projects; disseminating data on the Internet and at professional meetings; serving as an information resource for the national media; and as a liaison to other national organizations. Since its inception, CWSE has published several reports and convened national conferences on women in science and engineering academic programs; women scientists and engineers in industry; and minority women in science, engineering, and the healthcare professions.

5: National Academies Press Website	The National Academies Press. (n.d.).Nat'l Academies Press Collection: Women in Science. Retrieved March 19, 2006, from http://www.nap.edu/collections/womeninscience
	The following publications cover various aspects of women in the sciences. Some topics include the history of women in science and how to increase participation of women in the sciences.

6: NewScientist.com

NewScientist.com. (2006, March 28).New Scientist Search Results. Retrieved
        March 28, 2006, from
        http://www.newscientist.com/search.ns;jsessionid=IHHJNLIJMCME?
        doSearch=true&query=%22women+scientists%22

NewScientist.com is your ultimate science and technology website. It includes: Breaking news updated throughout the day, our global network of specialist correspondents provide comprehensive coverage of science and technology news. Explore by Subject: All our content arranged into 10 easy-to-navigate subjects, providing the complete guide to today's science and technology. Special Report: In depth reports on the most fascinating and important topics in science, plus our unique Expert Guides. Back Page: Our coffee break page, including: The Last Word , your questions and answers on the science behind puzzling everyday phenomona; Feedback , strange but true tales from the world of science ; Invention, the best and craziest new patents; and Sounbites, who said what in the last week. Archive: Search over 60,000 articles from the last 15 years of New Scientist print edition and NewScientist.com. New Scientist Jobs: The leading science and technology jobs database with over 1500 jobs all over the world.

7: Fact Monster	Pearson Education. (2006). Women Scientists. Retrieved March 19, 2006, from http://www.factmonster.com/spot/whmbios2.html
	Alphabetical listing of Women in Science in celebration of Women History Month, March 2006.

8: Links for Women in Science	Rebull. L. M. (n.d.). Women in Science links. Retrieved March 19, 2006, from http://spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/rebull/womensci.html
	Page of hyperlinks created and maintained by Dr. Luisa Rebull of the Spitzer Science Center at Caltech. She divided one section of this page by age group ranging from high school to graduate school. Majority of links related to physics and astronomy.

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