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Women in Science (2011)

Subject

Science; Women’s studies

How have individual female scientists contributed to the advancement of science through time? To celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (8 March 2011) and to mark the International...

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Walk the Talk: Women Walking Beyond Habitat II (1997 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 14 min., 2000 sale: US$25.00 (VHS PAL)

Shows the active participation of women - the Women’s Caucus - in the 1996 UN Conference on Human Settlemsnts (Habitat II) and describes the women’s efforts to ensure that the Habitat Agenda include a...

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Why Do we Need Women Scientists and Engineers? (2015)

Subject

Engineering; Science

Royal Holloway, University of London’s 2015 Women in Science Lecture given by Professor Lynne Frostick of the University of Hull. In the century since Marie Curie did her pioneering work in physics many...

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Childbirth and Contraception: Choices and Changes (1990 Video)

Subject

Women’s studies

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Traces the impact of science and technology on childbirth and contraception, and highlights how women’s choices and chances had altered by 1950. Women from Richmond, North Yorkshire, talk about their...

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All-Electric Home, The (1989 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

Science; Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Traces the development of domestic electricity in Britain and the subsequent changes this brought about for women in the home. Uses archive film from the Electricity Development Association and the...

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Women in Engineering (2016)

Subject

Engineering

A short promotional film featuring women who have been inspired to work in the engineering. [4 minutes]

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Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics (1998 Video)

Subject

Education

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 14 minutes), £33.00

An animated programme about equal opportunities in science, engineering and technology, with the aim of raising awareness and stimulate discussion among students, employees and the general public. Subverting...

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Great Unsung Women of Computers (2016)

Producer

Kathy Kleiman; Jon Palfreman; Kate McMahon

Subject

Technology; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 48 minutes), $350

Three documentary films that look at the past, present and future of women in technology. THE COMPUTERS features the story of the ENIAC Programmers, six young women who programmed the world’s first modern,...

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Girls Can Code

Subject

Information technology

Half of all gamers are women, but only 4% of coders are. Radio 1’s Alice Levine takes five girls and finds out if they can take on and take over the male-dominated digital world. [120 minutes]

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Water Once a Day (1985)

aka: Water Once a Day: Town Women of Cape Verde

Director

Tamara Wyss

Subject

Anthropology; Environmental science; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 46 minutes), £20.00

In a poor suburb on the outskirts of the capital of Cape Verde, where one standpipe serves 3,000 people, and then only for three hours a day, Balila, who is 53 and blind, sells water. She has had a hard...

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