Going to school with Madame Curie and Mr. Einstein: Gender roles in children's science biographies

Cultural Studies of Science Education

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 929-943

  Owens, Trevor ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biography; Children's literature; Gender; History

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893672077     PISSN: 18711502     EISSN: 18711510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11422-009-9177-6     Document Type: Article

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