Women's history as scientists : a guide to the debates / Leigh Ann Whaley.

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2003], ©2003.

xvi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-232) and index.

The classical debate: can women do science? -- The medieval woman in science: contradictions within the church and the university -- The querelle des femmes: the debate about women -- The debate about education and the inferiority of women -- The Cartesian debate -- The professionalization of science: the exclusion of women -- The age of the enlightenment: science as an unsuitable subject for a lady -- The "new science" and the debate about women -- "Doctoring only for men": women and medicine -- The feminist critique of science.