Abstract
The history of physics in Cuba, like all the country’s educational and scientific development, cannot be understood without taking into account its close relationship with the social changes that took place in Cuba during the five decades elapsed since 1959. This should include due consideration to the role played by women in this process, all the more since the link between science and gender is now generally regarded as a subject of growing special interest
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See Presencia de la mujer en la Salud Pública Cubana – Infomed: http://bvs.sld.cu/revistas/spu/vol35_1_09/spu10109.htm. Accessed March 2014.
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See Aniversario 50 del Triunfo de la Revolución. Mujeres Cubanas en Cifras (2008): http://www.mujeres.co.cu/50%20aniversario/textos/Mujeres%20cubanas%20en%20cifras%20%282008%29.html. Accessed March 2014.
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See footnote 2.
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See footnote 2.
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Cuba News Headlines; Cuban Daily News (21.11.2008); “Eligen a científica cubana miembro de academia internacional”: http://www.cubaheadlines.com/es/2008/11/21/14528/eligen_a_cientifica_cubana_miembro_de_academia_internacional.html. Accessed March 2014.
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Informe al Claustro Universitario convocado en conmemoración del 280 aniversario de la fundación de la Universidad de la Habana. 2008. Teatro Astral, Ciudad de la Habana.
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The author wants to express her gratitude to all those colleagues who have provided invaluable information on the subject dealt with in this paper, in particular, to Lic. Odalys González Cruz, present secretary for Teaching Affairs at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Havana, and to Drs. Elena Vigil and Lilliam Álvarez, two important women physicists in Cuba, who have contributed to improve this document by providing relevant information, and useful comments and observations. Last but not least, the author wants to thank the editors of this volume for giving her the opportunity to set forth the role of women in the development of physics in Cuba.
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Arias de Fuentes, O. (2014). Physics and Women: A Challenge Being Successfully Met in Cuba. In: Baracca, A., Renn, J., Wendt, H. (eds) The History of Physics in Cuba. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, vol 304. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8041-4_20
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