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Gender, Science and Technology in Brazil

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This essay considers gender in relation toBrazilian science and technology. It reviewsleading studies in the field, and offers briefbiographies of pioneering women in science.While there is still much room for improvement,the essay suggests that the situation of womenin science experienced significant progressduring the closing decades of the twentiethcentury.

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  1. Rua Tiapira, 22, São Paulo SP, 05578-000, Brazil

    Guilherme Ary Plonski

  2. 11 Riverside Drive –, Apt. 3RE, New York, NY, 10023, USA

    Rochelle G. Saidel

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Plonski, G.A., Saidel, R.G. Gender, Science and Technology in Brazil. Minerva 39, 217–238 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010340812739

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