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U.S. Not World Leader in Women Science Majors and Researchers

In a Northwestern University study of 66 countries, the U.S. ranked 39th in the number of women in science majors (43 percent), and 10th from the bottom for its proportion of female scientific researchers (26.6 percent).

Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards

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Increase Reported In Number Of United States' Counties With Women-Patentees

“Where are U.S. women patentees Assessing three decades of growth” identifies counties with the most women-patentees by technology field and assesses the growth from 1990 through 2019.»  Link to the original article