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Women and Patents

In the 1980s, 7 percent of U.S. patents included at least one female inventor. By 2016, that number had increased to only 21 percent, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards

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Insights From Author Of "Dr. Nurse" On How Academic Nurses Transformed Their Field

Hear from the author of "Dr. Nurse: Science, Politics, and the Transformation of American Nursing" about the history of nursing education, establishing nursing as a scientific discipline, racial inequities in the profession, and the U.S. nursing shortage.»  Link to the original article