Abir-Am, Pnina G. and Dorinda Outram. Uneasy Career and Intimate Lives: Women in Science 1789-1997. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1987. (Book shows historical women who, through cleverness and careful planning, were able to combine both in-depth work in science with time for a family life.)
Alic, Margaret. Hypatia's Heritage: A History of Women in Science from Antiquity through the Nineteenth Century. Beacon Press, Boston, 1986. (History of women in the physical and natural sciences and mathematics, beginning with prehistoric times and ending with the late nineteenth century.)
A list of references to works centering on the history of women in science and technology.

