Why don't more women become scientists? And why do those who do become scientists
often face more difficulties than their male counterparts? Every year, about a quarter of a …

Why are there still so few female scientists? Despite the scientific ethos of universalism and
inclusion, women continue to experience real social inequities as they struggle to gain …

In the study of gender and society, science is a strategic analytic research site—because of
the hierarchical nature of gendered relations, generally, and the hierarchy of science …

The chapters in Part I tell of the position of women in American science now and in the
recent past. The second part examines the vexing question of the comparative research …

Within the past decade, we have witnessed a notable increase in both the absolute number
of women en tering scientific professions and in their proportion among recent Ph. Ds in …

On January 14, 2005, Sue Rosser, one of this article's co-authors, was an invited speaker at
a conference of the National Bureau of Economic Research at Harvard University. The same …

These pioneering studies of women in science pay special attention to the mutual impact of
family life and scientific career. The contributors address five key themes: historical changes …

Are there any places where women succeed in science? Numerous studies in recent years
have documented and lamented a gender gap in science and engineering. From …

The current status of women in science is a blend of decisive advance and unfulfilled
promise. For more than two decades, discrimi? nation against women in the sciences (as in …

The “immediate objective” of the Conference on Successful Women in the Sciences was “to
convene successful professional women... who have managed to work actively in …