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Much of Dr. Rayner-Canham's
recent research has focussed on the history of science,
particularly the work of women in early modern science, and
most of this research has been performed in collaboration
with Ms. Marelene Rayner-Canham. Their first book was on the
life and work of the Canadian pioneer, Harriet Brooks:
Harriet Brooks: Pioneer Nuclear Scientist.
The Rayner-Canham's are
senior authors and editors of a more broader overview of the
role of women in the study of early radioactivity A
Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity
which they followed with a history of women in chemistry,
Women in Chemistry: From Alchemy to the Mid-Twentieth
Century. Their current research is focussing on the
pioneering British women chemists, and they have written an
overview on the topic,
Chemistry was Their Life: Pioneering British Women Chemists,
1880-1949.
Books
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, Chemistry was
Their Life: Pioneering British Women Chemists,
1880-1949, Imperial College Press, London, 2008.
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, Women in
Chemistry: Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the
Mid-Twentieth Century, American Chemical Society,
Washington, 1998.
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, A Devotion to
Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity.
McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1997. Publication
supported by grants from the Memorial University Subvention
Fund and from the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Harriet Brooks - Pioneer Nuclear Scientist, M.F.
Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, McGill-Queen‘s
University Press, 1992. Publication supported by a grant
from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities.
Selected Publications
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “Forgotten
Pioneers,” Chemistry World,
8(12), 41 (2011).
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “The Teaching of
Domestic Chemistry in England in the early 20th Century,” Bulletin for the History of Chemistry,
36(1), 35-42 (2011).M.F.
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “British Women,
Chemistry, and Poetry: Some Contextual Examples from the
1870s to the 1940s,” Journal of Chemical Education,
88, 726-730 (2011).
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “Fight for Rights,”
Chemistry World,
6(3), 56-59 (2009).
Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “British Women and
Chemistry from the 16th to the mid-19th Century,” Bulletin for the History of Chemistry,
34(2), 117-123 (2009).
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “The Pioneering
Women Chemists of Bedford College, London,” Education in
Chemistry, 43(3), 77-79 (2006).
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “Pounding on the
Doors: The Fight for the Acceptance of British Women
Chemists,” Bulletin for the History of Chemistry,
28(2), 110-119 (2003).
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “Muriel Wheldale
Onslow (1880-1932): Pioneer Plant Biochemist,” The
Biochemist, 24(2), 49-51 (April 2002).
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “Harriet Brooks:
The Story Behind the Story,” Phys13 News, 4-7 (Fall
2001) and Chem13 News, 8-11 (February 2002).
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “Stefanie
Horovitz, Ellen Gleditsch, Ada Hitchins, and the Discovery
of Isotopes,” Bulletin for the History of Chemistry,
25(2), 103-108 (2000).
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “Women’s Work,”
Education in Chemistry, 37, 103-104, 109 (2000).
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “A Tale of Two
Spouses,” Chemistry in Britain, 35 (October),
45-46 (1999).
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “British Women
Chemists and the First World War,” M.F. Rayner-Canham and
G.W. Rayner-Canham, Bulletin for the History of Chemistry,
(23), 20-27 (1999).
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “Hoppy’s Ladies,”
Chemistry in Britain, 35 (January), 47-49
(1999).
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “Fanny Cook
Gates, Physicist (1872-1931): A Lesson from the Past,”
Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering,
3(1-2), 53-64 (1997).
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “The Gretna
garrison,” Chemistry in Britain, 32 (March),
37-41 (1996).
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “Women in
Chemistry: Participation during the early Twentieth
Century,” Journal of Chemical Education, 73,
203-205 (1996).
M.F. Rayner-Canham and G.W. Rayner-Canham, “Women‘s Fields
of Chemistry: 1900-1920,” Journal of Chemical Education,
73, 136-138 (1996).
G.W. Rayner-Canham and M.F. Rayner-Canham, “A Chemist of
Some Repute,” Chemistry in Britain, 29
(March), 206-208 (1993). |
