This volume deals with three related spheres- women, work and science. It is concerned not only with what it means to be employed in science establishments, but more importantly, with what science means to women scientists, the significance they have derived from the experience of science education and that of being placed in an environment of scientific work.
Contents-
Part I-
1. Study of Women and Science need for Alternative Approaches
2. The Historical context of Women’s Entry into Science
3. The Employed Middle-class Woman as a Conundrum
4. Indian Women enter Science
5. Women and Carrier Motivation
Part II-
1. Introduction
2. Women Scientist in Bombay: half way up
3. A waste of Talent and Training
4. Vocational training: An Insufficient Answer
5. In the Frontier Area