Depends on your definition of scientist, but Dana Scully in The X-Files movie and TV program seems to qualify. -chad On Thursday, April 21, 2005, at 12:22 PM, Darryl Wiggers wrote: > Eve of Destruction is the most obvious that comes to mind > > >> From: Tracy Cox-Stanton <[log in to unmask]> >> Reply-To: Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> >> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:17:37 -0400 >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: [SCREEN-L] women and science >> >> Hello, >> I have a student who is working on a project about women scientists in >> film. >> She writes, "In general I want to look at the way in which female >> scientists are portrayed in film. More specifically I would like to >> look >> at cult films, especially Sci-Fi-ish films where the plot revolves >> around laboratories(think mad scientists and creations run amuck...). >> Possibly even widening my focus from female scientists to how women >> are >> portrayed in such films in relation to science: are they the one's >> being >> experimented on, are they the half-clothed laboratory aids, are they >> ever the mad scientist?, etc." >> She would be grateful for any suggestions for relevant films and/or >> articles/books that might be useful. >> Thanks very much, >> Tracy Cox-Stanton >> Kalamazoo College >> >> ---- >> To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF >> Screen-L >> in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] >> > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF > Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]