I think this web page on women in science misses the main point. It's not so
much a problem in education anymore. The female/male ration in grad school,
at least in some of the sciences is getting fairly even (e.g., biological
sciences). The problem is social. The job market is so narrow for Ph.D.'s
in the sciences, that you must move to the job. Most women opt to put their
relationships first, and careers second.
At my university, we have but a small handful of female science/mathematics
faculty. Almost all of them moved here with their husband's job, and then
eventually "lucked" out or chiseled out a job opening in their area. To do a
career in science, you have to move to the job. This is the problem.
Beth
At 02:13 PM 7/24/97 -0400, you wrote:
> article in LE MONDE might be of interest:
>
> Sex and science
> by Ingrid Carlander
>
> Only 11 of 441 Nobel prizes have gone to women. And in Europe
> women's near absence in the fields of science, mathematics,
> engineering and new technology seems astonishing. This
> comprehensive report takes a hard look at what keeps women away
> from the sciences.
> http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/en/1997/06/sex.html
>
>
>
>---
>Kate Williams
>University of Toledo Community and Technical College
>Project Coordinator, Toledo Technology Academy
>kwillia8@uoft02.utoledo.edu
>til late July: (419) 531-8340 x205, fax (419) 531-8412
>
>
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