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Volume 3, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 2059-9072
  • E-ISSN: 2059-9099

Abstract

Abstract

The practice of science can be affected by gender biases, which may alter the paths and careers of women. In consideration of this reality, this article analyses two science plays that position women as main characters and scientists. Examining Shelagh Stephenson's An Experiment with an Air Pump (1999) and Anna Ziegler's Photograph 51 (2011), the article illustrates how theatre mirrors real world realities, and how the portrayal of women in science plays illuminates their challenges and contributions in science. These plays are then compared to the life experiences described by Eileen Pollack, author of The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science is Still a Boys' Club, and recent studies that document the adversity women in the sciences still endure. In conclusion, this article proposes that the representation of women in science onstage is culturally relevant and important to the way we can reconsider the treatment of women scientists.

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2020-03-01
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