An introductory essay present the historical origins of ideas about women in science. The bibliography itself is an alphabetical (by author) arrangement of 2,675 annotated entries comprising works from over 30 countries in many languages. The indexing allows access by persons and institutions, them

First Published in 1996. Following the author's previous work, Women in Science: Antiquity through the Nineteenth Century in 1986, an increased interest in feminism, science, and gender issues resulted in this subsequent title. This book will be valuable to scholars working in a variety of academic areas and will be useful at different educational levels from secondary through graduate school. This annotated bibliography of approximately 2700 entries also includes fields, nationality, periods, persons/institutions, reference, and theme indexes.