This book offers fresh insight into women's mastery of technologies
commonly associated with men, with important implications for
institutional efforts to identify and support technical proficiency
among girls and women. The work is structured across five original
case studies featuring: breast cancer survivors in Newfoundland who
constructed a wooden dragon boat using hand and power tools;
Egyptian women who used information and communication technologies
for political action during the Revolution of 2011; pioneer female
audio engineers in the United States working in live concert and
studio venues; U.S. female commercial airline pilots who mastered
the complexity of flying large aircraft; and a university-educated
woman working in sewer maintenance and repair for the City of
Detroit in the 1970s. The case studies capture women's own voices
and present a range of historical and geographic locations. A major
contribution of this volume is the multidisciplinary analytical
framework used to explain women's motivation to engage with
non-traditional technologies, the role of peer and political
support in encouraging persistence, and informal as well as formal
knowledge and skill acquisition. Above all, it is a story of
women's empowerment - individually and collectively. This is a
unique book suitable for undergraduates and graduates in the fields
of Women's and Gender Studies; Science, Technology and Society
(STS) Studies; Engineering Education; and Adult Education.
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