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<i>From Abolition to Rights for All: The Making of a Reform Community in the Nineteenth Century</i>. By John T. Cumbler. (Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. Pp.ix, 238. $49.95.)
No full textGender Inequity during the Ph.D.: Females in the Life Sciences Benefit Less from Their Integration into the Scientific Community
No full textFemale researchers remain underrepresented in higher academic ranks, even within female-dominated fields, such as the life sciences. The phenomenon is often attributed to women’s lower publication productivity. The current article explores gender differences with respect to integration into the scientific community, pursued tasks during the Ph.D. (e.g., teaching and research), and publication productivity in the life sciences. Moreover, it explores how these variables relate to the intention of pursuing an academic research career. Survey data with recent Ph.D. graduates from the life sciences in Germany (N = 736) were analyzed through descriptive and multivariate analysis. Females had fewer publications as lead author (1.4 vs. 1.9, p = 0.05). There were no differences in pursued tasks, perceived integration into the scientific community, and co-authorship. However, Ph.D. characteristics affected females and males differently. Only male Ph.D. graduates benefited from being integrated into their scientific community by an increase in lead author publications. In contrast to male Ph.D. graduates, women’s academic career intentions were significantly affected by their integration into the scientific community and co-authorship. Results suggest that women may benefit less from their integration into the scientific community and may ascribe more importance to networks for their career progress
Book Reviews
No full textThe Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States; The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, and Endurance in Early America; William and Sarah Biddle, 1633–1711: Planting a Seed of Democracy in America; Massacre of the Conestogas: On the Trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County; John Woolman’s Path to the Peaceable Kingdom: A Quaker in the British Empire; Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire; Thomas Jefferson, Time, and History; Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty: The Continental Congress and the People Out of Doors; 1812: War and the Passions of Politics; Child Care in Black and White: Working Parents and the History of Orphanages; The Art of Americanization at the Carlisle Indian School; Medical Caregiving and Identity in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Region, 1880-2000; Howard Pyle: American Master Rediscovered; The Life of Pennsylvania Governor George M. Leader: Challenging Complacency; Pennsylvania in Public Memory: Reclaiming the Industrial Pas
