A Dream Job for a Career—Also for Women?

Authors

  • Andrea Blunck Universität Hamburg, Fachbereich Mathematik

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14766/303

Keywords:

Beruf, Hochschule, Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Geschlecht, Gender

Abstract

The two texts at hand deal with—as the subheadings already mention—the occupational history of male and female academics from various fields, from medicine to business to the supposed “male domain“ of mathematics. The author presents empirical studies that substantiate the so-called “scissors effect,“ that is, that women rarely have a “successful career” despite having the same initial conditions and qualifications as men. The career paths of female mathematicians in the first half of the 20th century as described in Traumjob Mathematik! (Dream Job Mathematics!) provide an enriching addition to the above.

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Published

2004-11-09

Issue

No. 14 (2004): Väter Mütter

Section

Offener Teil

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Copyright (c) 2004 Andrea Blunck

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