Category: Women in STEM

Who is the Lone Woman in this 1971 Photograph of a Gathering of Scientists?

(CNN) Illustrator Candace Jean Andersen was doing some research for a children’s book on orcas when she stumbled into a mystery. In an old article, she discovered a photo of scientists at the 1971 International Conference on the Biology of Whales in Virginia. And she noticed something: Amid the sea of male faces — 37 of…
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How to Stop the Exodus of Women in Engineering Careers

Do you want the good news or the bad news first? The good news is:  With all the push to get women interested in STEM careers at the grade school through high school level, we are now at a place in the United States, where women are graduating from college with STEM degrees at a…
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