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U.S. Not World Leader in Women Science Majors and Researchers

In a Northwestern University study of 66 countries, the U.S. ranked 39th in the number of women in science majors (43 percent), and 10th from the bottom for its proportion of female scientific researchers (26.6 percent).

Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards

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How Margaret Rossiter Uncovered The Hidden Women Of Science

Meet Margaret Rossiter, who has spent most of her professional life--starting as a graduate student at Yale in 1969--bringing the scientific contributions of women to both the attention of the public and academia.»  Link to the original article