ERIC Number: ED412110
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1991
Reference Count: N/A
Winning Women into Mathematics.
Kenschaft, Patricia Clark, Ed.; Keith, Sandra Zaroodny, Ed.
Mathematics is an auspicious discipline for young people of both sexes and all ethnic groups. This booklet aims to help members of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and others to increase future participation of women in mathematics, to better understand their present roles, and to develop a vision of a world with greater equal opportunity. Topics covered in this booklet include: (1) "Chronicle of the Committee on Participation of Women" (Patricia Clark Kenschaft); (2) "Fifty-five Cultural Reasons Why Too Few Women Win at Mathematics" (Patricia Clark Kenschaft); (3) "What Can I Do?" (Patricia Clark Kenschaft); (4) "Winning Women into Mathematics: What Is Being Done?" (Sandra Zaroodny Keith); (5) "A Century of Women's Participation in the MAA and Other Organizations" (Frances A. Novak Rosamand); (6) "Statistics: Participation of Women at MAA Section Meetings" (David Ballew); (7) "A Minority Woman's Viewpoint" (Eleanor Green Dawley Jones); (8) "A Statistical Overview of American Women Doctorates, 1988-89" (Sandra Zaroodny Keith); and (9) "Educational, Historical, and Career Information about and for Women in Mathematics" (Donald Bushaw). (ASK)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Education, Sex Differences, Sex Discrimination, Womens Education
Mathematical Association of America, 1529 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.
Publication Type: Collected Works - General
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Authoring Institution: Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC.