Cultural prejudices against women

It is so obvious that women have played smaller roles than men in the development of science…The clearest reason, is that prejudice against women excluded many of them from participating and interacting in the scientific profession and discouraged their training in scientific disciplines. Cultural prejudices against women, whether related to science or drawn from society at large, informed the attitudes of many leading scientists. However, in the early twentieth century, some strides were made in including women in scientific positions. Finally, even though historians tend to argue about the positive and negative consequences of such inclusion, women should always defend their rights and never give up!!

Citation:  Women. (2005). In Science in the Early Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://www.credoreference.com/entry/abcscieth/women
Image Citation: Women at work. October 15 2008. Graphic retrieved from http://www.saugeentimes.com/Pictures/Museum/Women%20at%20work%20in%20WWII%20Picture%20of%20a%20woman%20on%20an%20aircraft.jpg