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Women and Patents

In the 1980s, 7 percent of U.S. patents included at least one female inventor. By 2016, that number had increased to only 21 percent, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards

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Do Masculine Leadership Titles Undermine Women’s Leadership?

Researchers studied how women and men reacted when masculine versus gender-neutral language was used when describing leadership positions -- specifically, the titles of "chairman" versus "chair."»  Link to the original article