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.

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