Re: political correctness according to Hugo de Garis

Damien Broderick (damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au)
Tue, 07 Jan 1997 11:10:32 +1000


At 07:11 PM 1/5/97 +0000, Kathryn wrote:
>In re Guru George's request for historical references: I think that the
>best books about female humans who influenced history are yet to come

Quite a few out there already, though. Re de Garis: Margaret Wertheim's
PYTHAGORAS' TROUSERS (1995, Random House), A. Sayre's ROSALIND FRANKLIN AND
DNA: A Vivid View of What It Is Like to be a Gifted Woman in an Especially
Male Profession (1975, Norton), THE MISMEASURE OF WOMAN (which I haven't
seen, female author's name forgotten [by a sadly salient metonymy], but
sounds like a suitable companion to Gould's book). And of course Joanna
Russ's HOW TO SUPPRESS WOMEN'S WRITING (1983, Women's Press).

Damien Broderick