Person

Allen, Nessy

Occupation
Science historian

Summary

Nessy Allen is a historian whose main interest is eminent Australian women scientists. She conducted a series of interviews with a number of women scientists who had retired, and published papers based on archival material and these interviews. Allen teaches at the School of Science and Technological Studies at the University of New England.

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Articles

Conference Papers

  • Allen, Nessy, 'Woman Scientist or Scientific Woman', in Sixth International Conference, Gender and Science and Technology (GASAT), 14-19 July 1991 (Melbourne: 1991), pp. 682-691.. Details
  • Allen, Nessy, 'Cross-National Careers: the Interchange of Women Scientists to and From Australia', in Australia in the world: perceptions and possibilities: papers from the Outside Images of Australia Conference, Perth, 1992 edited by Don Grant and Graham Seal (Perth: Black Swan Press, 1992).. Details

Journal Articles

  • Allen, Nessy, 'Australian Women in Science - a Comparative Study of Two Physicists [Kathleen Rachel Makinson]', Metascience, 8 (2) (1990), 75-85. Details
  • Allen, Nessy, 'The Contribution of Two Australian Women Scientists to its Wool Industry [Kathleen Rachel Makinson and Helen Alma Newton Turner]', Prometheus, 9 (1) (1991), 81-92. Details
  • Allen, Nessy, 'Helen Newton Turner and the Wool Industry', Journal of Australian Studies, 16 (33) (1992), 56-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/14443059209387099. Details
  • Allen, Nessy, 'Australian Women in Science: Two Unorthodox Careers [Isobel Ida Toon Bennett and Helen Alma Newton Turner]', Women's Studies International Forum, 15 (5-6) (1992), 551-562. Details
  • Allen, Nessy, 'The Sea Has Many Voices: Profile of an Australian Woman Scientist [Isobel Ida Toon Bennett]', Journal of Australian Studies, 17 (38) (1993), 41-50. Details
  • Allen, Nessy, 'Textile Physics and the Wool Industry: an Australian Woman Scientist's Contribution [Kathleen Rachel Makinson]', Agricultural History, 67 (1) (1993), 67-80. Details
  • Allen, Nessy, 'The Exception to the Rule: the Career of an Australian Woman Physicist [Jean Laby]', Australian and New Zealand Physicist, 30 (12) (1993), 305-309. Details
  • Allen, Nessy, 'Achievement in Science: the Careers of Two Australian Women Chemists [Ruth Edna Gall and Jean Youatt]', Historical Records of Australian Science, 10 (2) (1994), 129-141. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9941020129. Details
  • Allen, Nessy, 'A Neglected Heritage: the Work of Australian Women Scientists', Oral History Association of Australia Journal, 17 (1995), 54-58. Details
  • Allen, Nessy, 'A Pioneer of Paediatric Gastroenterology: the Career of an Australian Woman Scientist [Charlotte Morrison Anderson]', Historical Records of Australian Science, 11 (1) (1996), 35-50. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9961110035. Details
  • Allen, Nessy, 'A Microbiologst in the Industry: the Career of an Australian Woman Scientist [Margaret Isabella Brownlee Dick]', Prometheus, 14 (3) (1996), 233-247. Details
  • Allen, Nessy, 'Plant Pathology in Western Australia: the Contributions of an Australian Woman Scientist [Olga May Goss]', Prometheus, 15 (3) (1997), 387-398. http://doi.org/10.1080/08109029708632083. Details
  • Allen, Nessy, 'Test Tubes and White Jackets: the Careers of Two Australian Women Scientists [Beryl Nashar and Nancy Millis]', Journal of Australian Studies, 21 (52) (1997), 126-137. Details
  • Allen, Nessy, 'The contribution to agricultural research of an Australian woman scientist [Yvonne Aitken]', Agricultural History Review, 45 (1) (1997), 73-85. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40275133. Details
  • Allen, Nessy, 'Preservation of native forests: the contribution of an Australian woman scientist [Gretna Margaret Weste]', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 86 (2) (2000), 176-96. Details

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