Recognizing the Achievements of Women in Science,Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine

Disparity in STEM Workforce:
Since 1973, 42% of all STEM degrees were earned by females. Yet, women only make up 27% of the STEM workforce.

Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards

National Medal of Science
13.9% women
Nobel Prize in Medicine
11.5% women
ACS Priestley Medal
6.1% women
Fields Medal
3.1% women First Woman 2014

In The News
Her Problem-Solving Theorems Helped Pave The Way For Women In Mathematics
The first female mathematician to receive the National Medal of Science has died. Cathleen S. Morawetz said she hoped the award would "draw attention to the idea that women can do math and will have some influence on women all the way from grade school to graduate school and beyond.”» Link to the original article

Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards

National Medal of Science

Nobel Prize in Medicine

ACS Priestley Medal

Fields Medal

Her Problem-Solving Theorems Helped Pave The Way For Women In Mathematics