FactoidMore Women in Physical, Life Sciences Jobs
There has been a 16 percent increase since 1990 in the number of physical and life sciences jobs held by women, according to the report "Women in STEM Workforce Index 2020."
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
