'Lessons in Chemistry': The (Un)balanced  Chemical Equation of (In)equality

Olimpia Mamula Steiner

doi:10.2533/chimia.2022.798

CHIMIA (Sep 2022)

'Lessons in Chemistry': The (Un)balanced Chemical Equation of (In)equality

Olimpia Mamula Steiner

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Olimpia Mamula Steiner: Haute Ecole d'Ingénierie et d'Architecture, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland HES-SO

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2022.798
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 76, no. 9

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A literary success in 2022, the novel 'Lessons in chemistry' describes the struggle for recognition and independence of a female research chemist in the conservative USA of the 1950’s.

chemistry in fiction · women in science · gender equality

Published in CHIMIA

ISSN: 0009-4293 (Print); 2673-2424 (Online)
Publisher: Swiss Chemical Society
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: http://chimia.ch

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