Gender, politics and radioactivity: The case of Red Vienna [Genre, politique et radioactivité: Le cas de Vienne la Rouge]

Rentetzi, M

dc.contributor.author	Rentetzi, M	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T11:46:25Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T11:46:25Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en
dc.identifier.issn	12946303	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/37889
dc.title	Gender, politics and radioactivity: The case of Red Vienna [Genre, politique et radioactivité: Le cas de Vienne la Rouge]	en
heal.type	other	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.3917/tgs.023.0127	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/tgs.023.0127	en
heal.publicationDate	2010	en
heal.abstract	Besides a place of scientific production, the scientific laboratory is definitely a space of work where tasks are labeled as skilled and unskilled, and positions are divided to those paid monthly and those supported by grant money or by research fellowships. This paper focuses on the case of the Institute for Radium Research in Vienna, and argues that the work culture of its laboratories was fairly gender equal, allowing women physicists to achieve important scientific goals. During the interwar period women accounted for the one third of the total number of the researchers thanks to the encouraging attitude of the director of the Institute, the politics of Red Vienna, and the interdisciplinarity of the field. Compared with other institutional settings such as the Cavendish laboratory, the Vienna Institute constitutes an exceptional case and a fascinating example of women's work in science. © 2010 Cairn.info.	en
heal.journalName	Travail, Genre et Societe	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.3917/tgs.023.0127	en
dc.identifier.volume	23	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	127	en
dc.identifier.epage	146	en