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See the [[:Category:Women engineers]] to see biographies of women engineers on wikipedia. Some of the external links below also contain biographies of women engineers. |
See the [[:Category:Women engineers]] to see biographies of women engineers on wikipedia. Some of the external links below also contain biographies of women engineers. |
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The Archive of Women in Science and Engineering is trying to record and catalog the work of women engineers.[http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/wise/miss.html Archives of Women in Science and Engineering : Mission Statement]Iowa State university.</ref> |
The Archive of Women in Science and Engineering is trying to record and catalog the work of women engineers.<ref>[http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/wise/miss.html Archives of Women in Science and Engineering : Mission Statement]Iowa State university.</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 18:05, 26 April 2009
Statistics - USA
Female participation in engineering and the sciences has increased since the 1960s, but is still not equally representative. The trend of increasing representation has followed a pattern that is termed the leaky pipeline: there have been greater increases in the proportion of women getting engineering bachelors degrees than any other possible stage of development. The percentage of female graduate students in engineering in 2001 was 20%.[1] Between graduate and doctoral degrees, there is another drop in the representation of women, although there is still a positive trend. Doctoral degrees awarded to women in engineering increased from 11.6% to 17.6% of total degrees awarded between 1995 and 2004.[2] The workforce remains as the area of highest under representation for women; only 11% of the engineering workforce in 2003 were women.[3]
Professional societies
Most of these professional societies provide women with support, professional development and networking opportunities, and advocate for women. There is a longer list of supporting organizations under the external links section.
- Society of Women Engineers
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers's women committee
- FIRST and the Robot Chicks Union
- National Academy of Engineering
- Women in Science and Engineering
- Women in Technology International
Women engineers
See the Category:Women engineers to see biographies of women engineers on wikipedia. Some of the external links below also contain biographies of women engineers. The Archive of Women in Science and Engineering is trying to record and catalog the work of women engineers.[4]
See also
- Women in science
- Women in Computing
- List of prizes, medals, and awards for women in engineering
- Ecole Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, where women were targeted by a mass murderer because they were female engineering students
- Women in the workforce
Further reading
- Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Promise of Women in Academic Science and Engineering. US National Academies Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering:National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2006.
References
- ^ Data on Women in S&E p. 4, Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
- ^ Table 2. Doctorates awarded to women, by field of study: 1995–2004 in S&E Doctorate Awards: 2004, National Science Foundation.
- ^ TABLE H-5. Employed scientists and engineers, by occupation, highest degree level, and sex: 2006 in Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering (January 2009), National Science Foundation.
- ^ Archives of Women in Science and Engineering : Mission StatementIowa State university.
External links
- Committee on Women in Science and Engineering
- List of organizations encouraging women in engineering
- Engineer Girl
- 4000 years of Women in Science
- WEPAN (Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network)
- Statistics regarding Women in Science and Engineering
- Statistics for Students in the UK
- Echo's Women in Science and Engineering project
- Other links about women in engineering