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Most Women Hired for Physics and Astronomy Tenure-Track Positions

Women in 2016 were 26 percent and 40 percent of newly hired physics and astronomy faculty respectively, with the greatest number for both fields hired into tenure-track positions, according to the latest report from the American Institute of Physics.

Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards

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How Margaret Rossiter Uncovered The Hidden Women Of Science

Meet Margaret Rossiter, who has spent most of her professional life--starting as a graduate student at Yale in 1969--bringing the scientific contributions of women to both the attention of the public and academia.»  Link to the original article