Women Scientists in Taiwan: An Update
This paper reflects upon issues of gender and science in Taiwan. Its starting point is the first academic paper on the subject published in Taiwan in 1996 by Fu and Wang, and then it draws upon the biographical accounts of 20 women scientists. We emphasize the importance of focusing on the specific...
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| description | This paper reflects upon issues of gender and science in Taiwan. Its starting point is the first academic paper on the subject published in Taiwan in 1996 by Fu and Wang, and then it draws upon the biographical accounts of 20 women scientists. We emphasize the importance of focusing on the specific contexts of the history of science and women in Taiwan. Partly as a result of Taiwan's colonial past and women's limited access to education, women scientists did not emerge in Taiwan until the second half of the 20th century when higher education became available to women. The gender issues with which women scientists in Taiwan have had to cope include the ways in which women have been excluded or included, their marital and career status, the local and global politics of scientific knowledge, and negotiating social networks. These issues have remained largely the same since the Fu and Wang study, but they have certainly gained wider attention and understanding, and greater articulation, both within academia and society. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-592dc393bb834700a72b0d81cd0ee04a2022-12-22T02:44:55ZengWileyKaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences1607-551X2010-06-01266S35S4010.1016/S1607-551X(10)70056-5Women Scientists in Taiwan: An UpdateHsiu-Yun Wang0Joel Floyd Stocker1Graduate Institute of Gender Studies, Kaohsiung Medical University, TaiwanDepartment of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, TaiwanThis paper reflects upon issues of gender and science in Taiwan. Its starting point is the first academic paper on the subject published in Taiwan in 1996 by Fu and Wang, and then it draws upon the biographical accounts of 20 women scientists. We emphasize the importance of focusing on the specific contexts of the history of science and women in Taiwan. Partly as a result of Taiwan's colonial past and women's limited access to education, women scientists did not emerge in Taiwan until the second half of the 20th century when higher education became available to women. The gender issues with which women scientists in Taiwan have had to cope include the ways in which women have been excluded or included, their marital and career status, the local and global politics of scientific knowledge, and negotiating social networks. These issues have remained largely the same since the Fu and Wang study, but they have certainly gained wider attention and understanding, and greater articulation, both within academia and society.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X10700565genderscienceTaiwanwomen |
| spellingShingle | Hsiu-Yun Wang Joel Floyd Stocker Women Scientists in Taiwan: An Update Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences gender science Taiwan women |
| title | Women Scientists in Taiwan: An Update |
| title_full | Women Scientists in Taiwan: An Update |
| title_fullStr | Women Scientists in Taiwan: An Update |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women Scientists in Taiwan: An Update |
| title_short | Women Scientists in Taiwan: An Update |
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| topic | gender science Taiwan women |
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