Fathers and daughters: Reflections on women, science and victorian cambridge

History of Education

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1979, Pages 321-333

  Mac Leod, Roy ^a   Moseley, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SCIENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MODERN; HUMAN; SCIENCE; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0018549230     PISSN: 0046760X     EISSN: 14645130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0046760790080405     Document Type: Article

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