Why Are There So Few (Creative Women: Visual Artists, Mathematicians, Musicians)?.

Piirto, Jane

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ERIC Number: EJ430009

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Why Are There So Few (Creative Women: Visual Artists, Mathematicians, Musicians)?

Piirto, Jane

Roeper Review, v13 n3 p142-47 Apr 1991

A review of the research on similarities and differences between creative women and men in the areas of the visual arts, creative writing, mathematics, musical composition, and science suggests a need for educators to stress the importance of commitment and intensity in pursuing a chosen field. (DB)

Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Writing, Creativity, Exceptional Persons, Females, Gifted, Mathematics, Motivation, Musical Composition, Personality Traits, Sciences, Sex Differences, Talent Development, Visual Arts

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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