TY - BOOK ID - 137353671 TI - Women in industrial research AU - Tobies, Renate AU - Vogt, Annette B. AU - Pakis, Valentine A. PY - 2014 SN - 351510688X PB - Stuttgart, Germany : Franz Steiner Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Women KW - Research, Industrial KW - Women in science KW - History. KW - Germany. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137353671 AB - This e-book presents new research on women scientists who enjoyed careers at industrial corporations during the first seven decades of the twentieth century. What positions were they able to achieve? What was the relationship between academic and industrial research? How open were certain industrial sectors - the electrical, chemical, cosmetic, nuclear, and optical sectors in particular - to hiring female researchers? Were women working in certain industries better able to acquire patents than those in others? What role did patronage play at the time? How did political turmoil affect women's c ER -