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ERIC Number: EJ940757
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jun
Pages: 5
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 27
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
British Women, Chemistry, and Poetry: Some Contextual Examples from the 1870s to the 1940s
Rayner-Canham, Marelene F.; Rayner-Canham, Geoff W.
Journal of Chemical Education, v88 n6 p726-730 Jun 2011
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, British women chemists used poetry as a way of describing their work and as a means of social commentary. As far as we are aware, the chemistry-poetry interface has not previously been explored in the context of women's experience.
Descriptors: Females, Chemistry, Poetry, Foreign Countries, Social Influences, History, Scientists, College Science, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction, Technical Education, War
Division of Chemical Education, Inc and ACS Publications Division of the American Chemical Society. 1155 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 800-227-5558; Tel: 202-872-4600; e-mail: eic@jce.acs.org; Web site: http://pubs.acs.org/jchemeduc
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: United Kingdom