August 2019
The special issue Women in Sciences, published by Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science (n0 6, June 2019), features a historiographical reflection on women’s contribution to science and technology.
Laura Maria Caterina Bassi (1711 – 1788) was an Italian physicist and academic. She received a doctoral degree from the University of Bologna in 1732, being the first woman to be offered an official teaching position at a university in Europe.
This special issue features two articles on two female figures, Helena Antipoff, one of the pioneers in the field of special education in Brazil and Sofia Alexandrovna Yanovskaya, mathematician and historian specialized in the history of mathematics.
History of women in science – in pictures – To celebrate the International’s Women’s Day, The Guardian newspaper published a collection of photos of women in science.
Zika and Aedes aegypti: new and old challenges – The current issue of HCSM (vol.24 no.4 Oct./Dec. 2017) features a debate about the zika epidemic, which came to the fore when the disease raised a series of concerns related to birth defects.
Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation Research Fellowship – Preference will be given to projects that engage specifically with the history of women physicians, other health workers, or medical scientists.
Zika virus and rubella: similarities and differences – Researcher Ilana Löwy, from the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Médicale Paris, traces a parallel between the current zika epidemics in Brazil and past rubella outbreaks.
Una perspectiva feminista de la historia de la medicina – Entrevista con la investigadora Teresa Ortiz-Gómez sobre los aportes del feminismo a la historia de la medicina.
Lopes, Maria Margaret. Proeminência na mídia, reputação em ciências: a construção de uma feminista paradigmática e cientista normal no Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2008, vol.15.
Benchimol, Jaime L. et al. Bertha Lutz e a construção da memória de Adolpho Lutz. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Abr 2003, vol.10, no.1.
