Title of article - WHITE COATS AND NO TROUSERS: NARRATING THE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN TECHNICIANS IN MEDICAL LABORATORIES, 1930-90.
Abstract
Laboratory technicians are a vital part of any working lab. Not only is their knowledge and expertise important for the success of research, but they also often maintain the lab's intellectual and social life. Despite the importance of their work, they are rarely acknowledged in publications, and leave only a few traces within the historical recordthe voices of women laboratory technicians are even harder to uncover. This paper attempts to correct this imbalance by presenting the narratives of women who worked as laboratory technicians at places such as the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), the Wellcome Research Laboratories, and established hospital and university labs in Cambridge, Oxford and London. The data were collected though narrative interviews. Specifically, the paper looks at the roles of these women within the lab, their experiences of the social and gender dynamics of the lab, and the development of expertise in regard to the work they carried out and the extent to which they received credit for their contributions to science.
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Details of Journal for WHITE COATS AND NO TROUSERS: NARRATING THE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN TECHNICIANS IN MEDICAL LABORATORIES, 1930-90.
Journal Title - Notes and records of the Royal Society of London
ISSN - 0035-9149
Volume - 69
Issue - 1
Publish date - 2015-Mar
Language - eng
Country - England
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