Keller, Evelyn Fox: tape 1 of 2, September 20, 1985. Digital
Scope and Contents
Includes re: gender having nothing to do with decision to study physics; deciding when twelve she was going to be psychoanalyst; becoming interested in science in college; discovering culture of being a woman in physics when studying at Harvard: conscious that all the great physicists there were men and that they had very limited personal lives, making her wonder if she could marry and be a physicist; being told she could not be a woman physicist (and that physics was dead); feminism and science; widespread resistence to critiquing science; Barbara McClintock project, which Keller originally did not see as having to do with gender and science.
Dates
- Creation: 1912-1998
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1979-1988
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Most of the collection is open for research.
#1.16 and T-462.23 - T-462.24 are closed until the death of Susan C. Geller.
#2.3 and T-462.28 - T-462.29 are closed until the death of Donna Haraway.
#3.9 and T-462.61 - T-462.62 are closed until the death of Karna Wahlstrand.
#T-462.63 - T-462.64 are closed until the death of Edith Woodward.
An appointment is necessary to use any audiovisual material.
Extent
1.04 linear feet ((2 + 1/2 file boxes) plus 65 audiotapes)Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Physical Facet
Audiocassette.
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
The preeminent research library on the history of women in the United States, the Schlesinger Library documents women's lives from the past and present for the future. In addition to its traditional strengths in the history of feminisms, women’s health, and women’s activism, the Schlesinger collections document the intersectional workings of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.