Introduction / G. Kass-Simon
Women in the field : the role of women in archaeology before 1960 / Cynthia Irwin-Williams
Women in geology / Michele L. Aldrich
Straying from their orbits : women in astronomy in America / Pamela E. Mack
Contributors to American mathematics : an overview and selection / Judy Green and Jeanne Laduke
Women in the intellectual development of engineering : a study in persistence and systems thought / Martha Moore Trescott
Intellectual contributions of women to physics / L.M. Jones
Biology is destiny / G. Kass-Simon
Women in medical science / Patricia Farnes
Women in chemistry / Jane A. Miller
Women in crystallography / Maureen M. Julian
Afterword / Patricia Farnes.