DID YOU KNOW????

-The first women to graduate from medical school was Elizabeth Blackwell in 1849

-7.5 million employed women scientists verses 10.4 million employed men scientists in the US
Women represent 23% of science and engineering jobs(private sectors and government)

African American/Hispanic women are 20% each of the workforce but only 6% work with science/engineering

http://braincake.org/files/GMSP_StatsData.pdf

· Gender equity creates cultural problems and without the diversity businesses/science will not excel
o Women hold about half of the workforce in the US and only make up 1/5 of the nations science workers
o Being a minority and being a women doubles the barriers in the science field and high education
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11741&page=13

· As scientist women are faced with choosing between their career and their social life (marriage, children). They have less of a chance to have a full life because of the work schedule
o The biology and natural interest between the sexes influences the work that they adapt to.
http://www.popecenter.org/commentaries/article.html?id=2135

· The way that girls are raised (dolls, make believe) influences the way that they perceive what a scientist should be which is masculine or traits of a male
http://www.andreagrant.org/work/paper.html


-In 2003 there were 22,791 male with doctorate degrees and 17,947 compared to 1983 where 23,858 men earned doctorate and 7,858 females. Women in Science Statistics