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MEDIA SHELF ing directly to the success of the rebellion against England. A companion book by Roberts, Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation (William Morrow, 2008), is also well worth a read. “Women Taking the Lead to Save our Planet” is the 2009 theme of The National Women’s History Project. Visit the site at http://www.nwhp.org to explore women’s history. You also will find such interesting materials as the Women Change America Gazette, a 16-page tabloid packed with bios of women honored by the project, a history of multicultural women, and ideas for keeping women’s history alive. Browsing Web sites that feature women engineers and scientists or offer special sections is another good way to explore the history of women. The WITI Hall of Fame (http://www.witi.com/center/witi museum/halloffame/) offers biographies and video clips of the stories of exceptional women in technology. The wiki-like Distinguished Women of Past and Present, a part of the Distinguished Women Project (http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/), has a special engineering section that features women, including Lillian Moller Gilbreth, mother of industrial engineering. About.com: Women’s History, at http://womenshistory.about.com/ offers an index that includes medicine, science and math, but not engineering — an omission that might be corrected by writing the site. The Library of Congress, Women’s History Month Page (http://www.loc.gov/topics/womenshistory/) provides a good introduction to women’s history in general and leads the user to the American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women’s History and Culture on the United States page. Use the search function to discover resources related to engineering, science, and technology. The books and other sources listed in this compilation — which is not intended to be a complete listing — make inroads. However, there remains a lack of resources dedicated to celebrating and reporting women’s achievements. Within the discipline of history, women were an unrecognized force; to some extent, this remains true for engineering women. Women engineers, technologists, and scientists have made seminal and important contributions throughout time. Making these contributions common knowledge is an important part of the effort to gain more recognition for women in industry, academe, and government today and to inspire the thinkers, inventers, and explorers of tomorrow. I Barbara Bogue is a member of the SWE Magazine editorial board and a faculty member at Penn State University. She specializes in developing assessment tools that determine program effectiveness. Research Associateship Program Postdoctoral Research Awards Senior Research Awards Summer Faculty Fellowships Davies Teaching Fellowships US government laboratories Opportunities for postdoctoral and senior research in all areas of science and engineering • Awards for independent research at approximately 100 participating laboratory locations • 12-month awards renewable for up to 3 years • Annual stipend $42,000 to $72,000 - higher for senior researchers • Relocation, professional travel, health insurance • Annual application deadlines Feb. 1, May 1, Aug. 1, Nov. 1 offered for research at Detailed program information, including instructions on how to apply, is available on the NRC Web site at: www.national-academies.org/rap Applicants must initiate dialogue with prospective Advisors at the Lab as early as possible, before their anticipated application deadline. Questions should be directed to the : National Research Council TEL: (202) 334-2760 E-MAIL: rap@nas.edu Qualified applicants will be reviewed without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex or national origin. SWE SPRING 2009 69 http://www.nwhp.org http://www.witi.com/center/witimuseum/halloffame/ http://www.witi.com/center/witimuseum/halloffame/ http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/ http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/ http://www.About.com http://womenshistory.about.com/ http://www.loc.gov/topics/womenshistory http://www.national-academies.org/rap http://www.loc.gov/topics/womenshistory http://www.national-academies.org/rap

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SWE - Spring 2009 Heritage Club Contents President's Note View from the Executive Suite Editor’s Page Honoring Women’s History Public Policy Update First Lady: The “Second-Hardest Job in America” Bringing Science and Engineering into Public Policy At the Intersection of Engineering and Public Policy From Research to Reality Coffee Table Dialogues Membership Information & Calendar A&B Winning Essays from the Lava Lounge Engineering World: Issues • Events • Technology • People Point of View: Your Role in Public Policy Career Toolbox: Communicating with Congress; Finding Your Voice Corporate Partnership Council Media Shelf: Women’s History Opportunity Index SWE Scrapbook: Dressed for Success

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