Searching for Scientific Womanpower: Technocratic Feminism and the Politics of National Security, 1940-1980

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Searching for Scientific Womanpower gender and american culture Coeditors Thadious M. Davis Mary Kelley Editorial Advisory Board Nancy Cott Jane Sherron De Hart John D’Emilio Linda K. Kerber Annelise Orleck Nell Irvin Painter Janice Radway Robert Reid-Pharr Noliwe Rooks Barbara Sicherman Cheryl Wall Emerita Board Members Cathy N. Davidson Sara Evans Annette Kolodny Wendy Martin A complete list of books published in Gender and American Culture is available at www.uncpress.unc.edu. searching for scientific womanpower Technocratic Feminism and the Politics of National Security, 1940–1980 laura micheletti puaca the university of north carolina press chapel hill This book was published with the assistance of the Authors Fund of the University of North Carolina Press.© 2014 the university of north carolina press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Set in Charter by codeMantra The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Complete cataloging information for this title is available from the Library of Congress. isbn 978-1-4696-1081-8 (pbk.: alk. paper) isbn 978-1-4696-1082-5 (ebook) 18 17 16 15 14 5 4 3 2 1 Parts of this book have been reprinted in revised form from “Cold War Women: Professional Guidance, National Defense, and the Society of Women Engineers, 1950–1960,” in The Educational Work of Women’s Organizations, 1890–1960, edited by Anne Meis Knupfer and Christine Woyshner (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), 57–77, with permission of Palgrave Macmillan. To Brian, with love and gratitude This page intentionally left blank ...