FactoidMinimal Gains for Women in 118th Congress
Although women make up more than a quarter (28%) of all members of the 118th Congress-–the highest percentage in U.S. history--they only gained one seat each in the House and Senate from the previous Congress.
Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards
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Nominated For Nobel Prize 49 Times, Lise Meitner Always Went Away Empty-Handed
A female pioneer of nuclear physics and co-discoverer of nuclear fission was nominated 19 times for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and 30 times for the Nobel Prize in Physics, and never won.» Link to the original article
