Submitted by mr46636 on Tue, 02/07/2017 - 17:42
The Hidden Figures Topic Gallery provides resources on just a small selection of historical individuals. The sources below can help you identify many more:
Reference Works:
- Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Detroit, MI: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008. Gale eBooks. https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/1QYX/GVRL?u=txshracd2598&sid=GVRL
- Carey, Charles W. African Americans in Science: An Encyclopedia of People and Progress. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2008. Gale eBooks. https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/3MTV/GVRL?u=txshracd2598&sid=GVRL
- Haines, Catharine M. C., and Helen M. Stevens. International Women in Science: a Biographical Dictionary to 1950. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001. https://search.lib.utexas.edu/permalink/01UTAU_INST/1ilchdf/alma991058003807506011
- Rossiter, Margaret W. Women Scientists in America : before Affirmative Action, 1940-1972. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.https://search.lib.utexas.edu/permalink/01UTAU_INST/1ilchdf/alma991011491869706011
- Rossiter, Margaret W. Women Scientists in America : Struggles and Strategies to 1940. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982. https://search.lib.utexas.edu/permalink/01UTAU_INST/1ilchdf/alma991001160929706011
- Rossiter, Margaret W. Women Scientists in America : Forging a New World Since 1972. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. https://search.lib.utexas.edu/permalink/01UTAU_INST/1ilchdf/alma991033832929706011
- Or search for “scientist” or ”mathematician” within one of these reference works:
- Albrecht, Gary L., ed. Encyclopedia of Disability. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Reference, 2006. Gale eBooks (accessed February 5, 2020). https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/5CHF/GVRL?u=txshracd2598&sid=GVRL
- Stein, Marc, ed. Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History in America. Detroit, MI: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004. Gale eBooks. https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/5CMQ/GVRL?u=txshracd2598&sid=GVRL
- Multicultural Studies (a collection of reference works, search inside individual work): https://go.gale.com/ps/displayAllBooksForSubject?subject=Multicultural+Studies&userGroupName=txshracd2598&inPS=true&prodId=GVRL
- Religion (a collection of reference works, search inside individual work): https://ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/login?url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GVRL&sw=w&u=txshracd2598&v=2.1&subject=Religion&pg=BooksForSubject&it=static&sid=GVRL
Bibliographies
- Americsn Institute of Physics, https://www.aip.org/history-programs/physics-history/legacy-teaching-materials
- “A Brief Historiography of African Americans in the Physical Sciences,” Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics, https://www.aip.org/sites/default/files/history/files/Historiography-AfricanAmericansPhysics.pdf
- “Annotated Bibliography: African Americans in Physics, Astronomy, and Related Disciplines,” Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics, https://www.aip.org/sites/default/files/history/files/AnnotatedBibliography-AfricanAmericansPhysics.pdf
- “Selected Readings: Women and Minorities in Physics, Astronomy, and Related Disciplines,” Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics, https://www.aip.org/sites/default/files/history/teaching-guides/Selected%20Readings_V2.pdf
- “Women Mathematicians,” National Museum of American History, http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/women-mathematicians/resources-on-women-mathematicians
Blogs, Online Article Collections, and Exhibits
- Lady Science: Women, history, science, https://www.ladyscience.com/
- “Latino Natural History,” Biodiversity Library Exhibition, http://latinonaturalhistory.biodiversityexhibition.com/en
- Trowelblazers: Women in archaeology, geology, and palaeontology, https://trowelblazers.com/category/articles/
- “Unsung,” UnDark Magazine, https://undark.org/tag/unsung/ (Profiles of African American scientists.)
- "Women in Science," Michign State university, http://womeninscience.history.msu.edu/
Online Lists and Biographical Collections:
- “Animated Life: A celebration of scientific pioneers and discoveries that changed the way we see the world,” HHMI Biointeractive, http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/animated-life (includes scientists who faced barriers due to social class or gender)
- “Biographies of Women Mathematicians,” Agnes Scott College, https://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/chronol.htm
- “Historical Biographies,” Science History Institute, https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-biographies (Includes a diverse array of chemists.)
- “LGBT scientists,” Wiipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:LGBT_scientists
- “Lists of mathematicians,” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_mathematicians (Scroll down to: “By country, religion or ethnic background”)
- “Lists of scientists,” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_scientists (Scroll down to: “By country, religion or ethnic background”)
- "Circle of Excellence," Mathematically Gifted and Black, https://mathematicallygiftedandblack.com/circle-of-excellence/
- Latinx and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences, https://www.lathisms.org/posters
- Mitchell C. Brown, “African Americans in the Sciences,” https://web.archive.org/web/20190912125116/https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html
- ”Science and Disability: Interviews in the General Collection,” Science History Institute, https://www.sciencehistory.org/science-and-disability-interviews-in-the-general-collection
- “Timeline of women in science,” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women_in_science
- “Women Mathematicians,” National Museum of American History, http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/women-mathematicians/resources-on-women-mathematicians
- "Women in Science," Science History Institute, https://www.sciencehistory.org/learn/women-in-science