Institute News
Dr. Leslie P. Hume, a member of the Clayman Institute's Advisory Council since 1989 and long-standing supporter of the Institute, as been appointed chair of the University's Board of Trustees with effect from July 2008. The first and last time a woman chaired the Board of Trustees was in 1903, when Jane Stanford lead the university! Hume received her MA and PhD in history from Stanford. She co-edited Victorian Women: A Documentary Account of Women's Lives in 19th Century England, France and the United States (Stanford University Press, 1981) with Erna Olafson Hellerstein and Karen M. Offen. Congratulations to Leslie from all at the Clayman Institute.
Gendered Perspectives
The Clayman Institute's new volume, Gendered Innovations in Science and Engineering, edited by Londa Schiebinger, was published by Stanford University Press in March. This volume explores how gender analysis can profoundly enhance human knowledge in the areas of science, medicine, and engineering, offering concrete examples of new research results and future avenues for research. Several government granting agencies now ask applicants to address the relevance of sex and gender to their research objectives and methodologies: this book will help scientists and engineers understand what gender analysis can do for them. Read an interview with Londa Schiebinger on Inside Higher Ed about gendered innovation.
Did you know....?
The first female veterinarian in the US, Florence Kimball, was graduated by Cornell University in 1910. There are 28 veterinary medicine schools in the US; about 75% of students are women. There has been a gradual decline in applications to study veterinary medicine, with a sharper decrease among men than women. Some commentators suggest the decline is because veterinary medicine is poorly paid in comparison to human medicine, though there are comparable levels of training required.
