Abstract :
Science, technology, and engineering have obviously made substantial strides in the last century, but the culture in which those accomplishments take place may not have changed much at all as a result of ingrained gender stereotypes that stem from the earliest days of when "scientist" became a profession. That\´s the argument made in Julie Des Jardins\´ book, The Madame Curie Complex: The Hidden History of Women in Science (The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2010) and the subject of talks she gives on the topic, about which she\´s still asked to speak over four years after the book\´s publication.
