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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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Just Five Women Have Won A Top Math Prize In The Past 90 Years

The most prestigious mathematics prizes have been awarded a total of 217 times, with women winning the awards only seven of those times - all within the past decade.»  Link to the original article