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There has been a surge of interest in women in science over the past decade. Women scientific professionals have been sharing their stories and building stronger support networks. Concurrently, the number of feminist scholars focusing on the sciences is growing at a great pace. Researchers in various other fields also are comparing the professional behavior of women and men, and exploring the possible contribution of gender to the diversity of approaches to scientific work (Brush, 1991; Zuckerman, Cole, and Bruer, 1991; Science 1992, 1993).
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Holmes, D.J., Hitchcock, C.L. (1997). A Feeling for the Organism? An Empirical Look at Gender and Research Choices of Animal Behaviorists. In: Gowaty, P.A. (eds) Feminism and Evolutionary Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5985-6_8
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