AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of March 9, 2018
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, and Maria Patterson
This week's issues:
1. Cross-post: "Elderly Woman" Is Not a Synonym for "Clueless Person"
2. Maria Goeppert Mayer Award
3. For women in science, busting barriers is just part of the job
4. Punishing Women for Being Smart
5. How World War I Gave Women Scientists a Chance to Shine
6. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter
7. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter
8. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter
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1. Cross-post: "Elderly Woman" Is Not a Synonym for "Clueless Person"
From: Cristina Thomas via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
A recent article in the Voices section of Scientific American by Josie Glausiusz on March 20, 2018 addresses the stereotype that elderly women are incapable of understanding scientific and technical topics.
For the complete article go to
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/elderly-woman-is-not-a-synonym-for-clueless-person/
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2. Maria Goeppert Mayer Award
From: Angela Speck [speckan_at_missouri.edu]
The Maria Goeppert Mayer Award is presented annually to a woman physicist in the early years of her career. The award consists of $3,000 plus a travel allowance to provide opportunities for the recipient to give lectures in her field of physics at up to three institutions and at the APS meeting at which the award is bestowed.
The award is given to a woman in the early years of her career (not later than ten years after the granting of her Ph.D.) for scientific achievements that demonstrate her potential as an outstanding physicist.
The application deadline is June 1, 2018.
Find more information at
https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/goeppert-mayer.cfm
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3. For women in science, busting barriers is just part of the job
From: Alison Coil [acoil_at_ucsd.edu]
By Amanda Paulson
"Once, when Alison Coil was on a grant review panel, an unusual situation arose: Applications had come in from two people at similar points in their career on similar topics. One was from a white male, the other from a woman of color.
Dr. Coil, an astrophysicist at the University of California in San Diego, remembers the reaction as being mixed. While the women on the panel generally liked the female applicant’s proposal, one white man called it “too ambitious.” The woman didn’t get the funding."
Read more at
https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2018/0326/For-women-in-science-busting-barriers-is-just-part-of-the-job
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4. Punishing Women for Being Smart
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
In the April issue of The American Sociological Review, Natasha Quadlin (Ohio State University) reports that women who earn high grades are less likely to receive job offers. She highlights this and other findings in her article "The Mark of a Woman’s Record: Gender and Academic Performance in Hiring".
Read more at
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/03/21/study-finds-female-college-graduates-newly-job-market-are-punished-having-good
See a press release and some data at
http://www.asanet.org/press-center/press-releases/gendered-stereotypes-can-penalize-women-having-good-grades
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5. How World War I Gave Women Scientists a Chance to Shine
From: Cristina Thomas [cristina.thomas_at_nau.edu]
By Simon Worrall
"Later this year is the centenary of the end of the First World War, one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history, which led to the deaths of nearly 20 million people. But as Patricia Fara shows in her new book, A Lab of One’s Own, the Great War also gave some women the chance to emerge from the shadows and show their mettle as scientists, whether by digging experimental trenches to research trench foot, x-raying wounded soldiers on the battlefront, or inventing explosives."
Read more at
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/how-world-war-i-gave-women-scientists-a-chance-to-shine/
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6. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
To submit an item to the AASWOMEN newsletter, including replies to topics, send email to aaswomen_at_aas.org
All material will be posted unless you tell us otherwise, including your email address.
When submitting a job posting for inclusion in the newsletter, please include a one-line description and a link to the full job posting.
Please remember to replace "_at_" in the e-mail address above.
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8. Access to Past Issues
https://cswa.aas.org/AASWOMEN.html
Each annual summary includes an index of topics covered.
Issue of March 9, 2018
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, and Maria Patterson
This week's issues:
1. Cross-post: "Elderly Woman" Is Not a Synonym for "Clueless Person"
2. Maria Goeppert Mayer Award
3. For women in science, busting barriers is just part of the job
4. Punishing Women for Being Smart
5. How World War I Gave Women Scientists a Chance to Shine
6. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter
7. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter
8. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter
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1. Cross-post: "Elderly Woman" Is Not a Synonym for "Clueless Person"
From: Cristina Thomas via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
A recent article in the Voices section of Scientific American by Josie Glausiusz on March 20, 2018 addresses the stereotype that elderly women are incapable of understanding scientific and technical topics.
For the complete article go to
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/elderly-woman-is-not-a-synonym-for-clueless-person/
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2. Maria Goeppert Mayer Award
From: Angela Speck [speckan_at_missouri.edu]
The Maria Goeppert Mayer Award is presented annually to a woman physicist in the early years of her career. The award consists of $3,000 plus a travel allowance to provide opportunities for the recipient to give lectures in her field of physics at up to three institutions and at the APS meeting at which the award is bestowed.
The award is given to a woman in the early years of her career (not later than ten years after the granting of her Ph.D.) for scientific achievements that demonstrate her potential as an outstanding physicist.
The application deadline is June 1, 2018.
Find more information at
https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/goeppert-mayer.cfm
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3. For women in science, busting barriers is just part of the job
From: Alison Coil [acoil_at_ucsd.edu]
By Amanda Paulson
"Once, when Alison Coil was on a grant review panel, an unusual situation arose: Applications had come in from two people at similar points in their career on similar topics. One was from a white male, the other from a woman of color.
Dr. Coil, an astrophysicist at the University of California in San Diego, remembers the reaction as being mixed. While the women on the panel generally liked the female applicant’s proposal, one white man called it “too ambitious.” The woman didn’t get the funding."
Read more at
https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2018/0326/For-women-in-science-busting-barriers-is-just-part-of-the-job
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4. Punishing Women for Being Smart
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
In the April issue of The American Sociological Review, Natasha Quadlin (Ohio State University) reports that women who earn high grades are less likely to receive job offers. She highlights this and other findings in her article "The Mark of a Woman’s Record: Gender and Academic Performance in Hiring".
Read more at
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/03/21/study-finds-female-college-graduates-newly-job-market-are-punished-having-good
See a press release and some data at
http://www.asanet.org/press-center/press-releases/gendered-stereotypes-can-penalize-women-having-good-grades
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5. How World War I Gave Women Scientists a Chance to Shine
From: Cristina Thomas [cristina.thomas_at_nau.edu]
By Simon Worrall
"Later this year is the centenary of the end of the First World War, one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history, which led to the deaths of nearly 20 million people. But as Patricia Fara shows in her new book, A Lab of One’s Own, the Great War also gave some women the chance to emerge from the shadows and show their mettle as scientists, whether by digging experimental trenches to research trench foot, x-raying wounded soldiers on the battlefront, or inventing explosives."
Read more at
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/how-world-war-i-gave-women-scientists-a-chance-to-shine/
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6. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
To submit an item to the AASWOMEN newsletter, including replies to topics, send email to aaswomen_at_aas.org
All material will be posted unless you tell us otherwise, including your email address.
When submitting a job posting for inclusion in the newsletter, please include a one-line description and a link to the full job posting.
Please remember to replace "_at_" in the e-mail address above.
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7. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
Join AAS Women List by email:
Send email to aaswlist+subscribe_at_aas.org from the address you want to have subscribed. You can leave the subject and message blank if you like.
Be sure to follow the instructions in the confirmation email. (Just reply back to the email list)
To unsubscribe by email:
Send email to aaswlist+unsubscribe_at_aas.org from the address you want to have UNsubscribed. You can leave the subject and message blank if you like.
To join or leave AASWomen via web, or change your membership settings:
https://groups.google.com/a/aas.org/group/aaswlist
You will have to create a Google Account if you do not already have one, using https://accounts.google.com/newaccount?hl=en
Google Groups Subscribe Help:
http://support.google.com/groups/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=46606
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8. Access to Past Issues
https://cswa.aas.org/AASWOMEN.html
Each annual summary includes an index of topics covered.
