This corpus contains copies of digital records relating to the International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES). It includes proceedings for ICWES-I to ICWES-XII, as well as digitized records of conferences I through XVII, such as lists of participants, reports, testimonials, correspondence, and photographs. ICWES VIII also includes recorded tapes and their (partial) transcriptions.This corpus also includes the gathered quantitative data created in analyzing conference records and testimonies gathered in preparation for the publication, "Women’s Contribution to Science and Technology through ICWES Conferences" by Monique Frize, Claire Deschênes and Ruby Heap (Springer: December 2023).
This series contains the records of ICWES conferences I to XVII. It includes programs, proceedings, reports, and booklets. Some conferences also include lists of participants, delegate business meeting reports, testimonials, bibliographies, letters, emails, transcriptions of oral testimonies and instructive oral sources, as well as photographs. ICWES VIII also includes recorded tapes and their (partial) transcriptions.
This sub-series contains records relating to ICWES I – First International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, held in New York City, United States of America, 15-21 June 1964. It was organized by the American Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and chaired by B.A. Hicks. The theme of this conference was 'Focus for the Future – Developing Engineering and Scientific Talent'.
This file contains a digital copy of the proceedings of the First International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, 15-21 June, 1964. The proceedings include opening messages, papers presented, symposium statements, and more. [A copy was obtained courtesy of the University of Illinois section of the Society of Women Engineers (UIHistories Project, ObjectID: 8136).]
This file contains a copy of the directory of delegates to the First International Conference of Women's Engineers and Scientists, 15-21 June, 1964, held in New York City, USA. It includes an alphabetical list of delegates, a list of international delegates listed by country, and a list of U.S. delegates listed by state.
This sub-series contains records of ICWES X - Tenth International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, held in Budapest, Hungary, 8-10 October 1996. It was chaired by Zsuzsa Szentgyorgyi. The main theme of the conference was 'Towards the Third Millenium: The Role of the Intellectual Potential in a New World'.
This file contains a digital copy of the Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists. The proceedings includes a program and list of sessions, an author index, and the paper presented.
This sub-series contains records of ICWES XI - Eleventh International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, held in Chiba, Japan, 24-27 July 1999. It was organized by the Science Council of Japan, Society of Japanese Women Scientists and Japanese Women Engineers Forum, and was chaired by Michiko Ishii. The main theme of the conference was 'Science and Technology for Global Ecology'.
This file contains a digital copy of the Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists. The proceedings includes a list of members of the organizing committee, welcome messages, a program and list of sessions, an author index and acknowledgements, as well as the papers presented.
This sub-series contains records of ICWES XII - Twelfth International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, held in Ottawa, Canada, 27-31 July 2002. The conference chair was Monique Frize, and the program chair was Claire Deschênes. They were supported by the Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science and Technology (CCWEST) and its president, Ms Hiromi Matsui. The main theme of the conference was 'Women in a Knowledge-Based Society'.
