Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2007
Publication Title
Journal of the History of Biology
Department
Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract
The vast network of Drosphila geneticists spawned by Thomas Hunt Morgan's fly room in the early 20th century has justifiably received a significant amount of scholarly attention. However, most accounts of the history of Drosophila genetics focus heavily on the \"boss and the boys,\" rather than the many other laboratory groups which also included large numbers of women. Using demographic information extracted from the Drosophila Information Service directories from 1934 to 1970, we offer a profile of the gendered division of labor within Drosophila genetics in the United States during the middle decades of the 20th century. Our analysis of the gendered division of labor supports a reconsideration of laboratory practices as different forms of work.
DOI
10.1007/s 10739-007-9131
Original Citation
Dietrich MR, Tambasco BH. Beyond the boss and the boys: women and the division of labor in Drosophila genetics in the United States, 1934-1970. J Hist Biol. 2007 Fall;40(3):509-28. doi: 10.1007/s10739-007-9131-y. PMID: 18380055.
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Dietrich, Michael, "Beyond the boss and the boys: Women and the division of labor in Drosophila genetics in the United States, 1934-1970" (2007). Dartmouth Scholarship. 17.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/17
