TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative cross-cultural study on the first women engineers in colombia, mexico, and portugal
AU - Garcés, Beatriz
AU - Osorio, Marisol
AU - Ramos-Lara, María de la Paz
AU - Sampaio, María da Luz
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In this article we present a comparative, cross-cultural study analyzing the contextof the first women engineers in Colombia, Mexico, and Portugal. We aimed to identifythe local characteristics that distinguish them and those they had in common, thattranscend geographical barriers. To do so, we looked at three aspects of their lives:broader social and academic context (on the level of the community), familyenvironment and work practice. In so doing, we identify patterns that fit with theconcept of gender norms: systematic barriers to women’s access to spaces traditionallyconsidered masculine, such as engineering, and even to access to higher education ingeneral. Changes in the political orientation of governments set the stage for changingthe opportunities for women engineers in the early decades of the twentieth century.IntroductionIn this paper, we offer a cross-cultural comparative study, from the perspective ofcultural history of science and technology, on the first female engineers whograduated in Colombia, Mexico and Portugal. The historical literature that considerswomen’s access to training and work in the field of technology and engineering isrelatively scarce. Where it exists, it is, to a large extent, focused on European andNorth American cases. With the objective of enhancing our understanding ofwomen engineers, this article considers the history of women of other latitudes.By comparing these cases from three different countries, we can identify thelocal characteristics that define the place of women in Colombian, Mexican andPortuguese societies. In addition, we can see what considerations are commonbetween the cases and transcend the socio-cultural, economic, and historical contextsof specific women. Thus this article contributes to the identification of gender norms,just as they have been identified in other studies from the perspective of feministhistory, mainly in industrialized countries.
AB - In this article we present a comparative, cross-cultural study analyzing the contextof the first women engineers in Colombia, Mexico, and Portugal. We aimed to identifythe local characteristics that distinguish them and those they had in common, thattranscend geographical barriers. To do so, we looked at three aspects of their lives:broader social and academic context (on the level of the community), familyenvironment and work practice. In so doing, we identify patterns that fit with theconcept of gender norms: systematic barriers to women’s access to spaces traditionallyconsidered masculine, such as engineering, and even to access to higher education ingeneral. Changes in the political orientation of governments set the stage for changingthe opportunities for women engineers in the early decades of the twentieth century.IntroductionIn this paper, we offer a cross-cultural comparative study, from the perspective ofcultural history of science and technology, on the first female engineers whograduated in Colombia, Mexico and Portugal. The historical literature that considerswomen’s access to training and work in the field of technology and engineering isrelatively scarce. Where it exists, it is, to a large extent, focused on European andNorth American cases. With the objective of enhancing our understanding ofwomen engineers, this article considers the history of women of other latitudes.By comparing these cases from three different countries, we can identify thelocal characteristics that define the place of women in Colombian, Mexican andPortuguese societies. In addition, we can see what considerations are commonbetween the cases and transcend the socio-cultural, economic, and historical contextsof specific women. Thus this article contributes to the identification of gender norms,just as they have been identified in other studies from the perspective of feministhistory, mainly in industrialized countries.
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AN - SCOPUS:85114730476
SN - 1361-8113
VL - 26
SP - 44
EP - 66
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IS - 1
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