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Fields Where Women Earn Significantly Less Doctorates than Men

Women are less than 20 percent of doctoral degree recipients in the following fields: robotics (12.4%), geometry (12.5%), aeronautical/astronautical engineering, (14.8%), and nuclear engineering (18.6%).

Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards

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Encouraging Girls To Roleplay As Successful Female Scientists Could Close Gender Gap

A study of 4- to 7-year-olds found girls engagement in science activities increased when they took on the role of a female scientist, such as Marie Curie, versus only hearing about her work.»  Link to the original article