Summarizes a quarter century of outstanding contributions to physics and physics education by women and the changes over the past 25 years, current problems, and proposed solutions. Presents statistical data that were made available by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), the Romanian Academy of Science (RAS), and the MIT Faculty Newsletter.…

Barriers to women's career advancement, although they are more subtle, still exist. Focuses on how those barriers can be removed and how young women can be encouraged to enter the sciences and become successful science professionals. (ASK)

Summarizes three talks from an American Association for the Advancement of Science session entitled "Science Policy for Women in Science: Lessons from Historical and Contemporary Case Studies." Considers the average academic science rank of former postdoctoral fellows, national statistics on the types of obstacles encountered by women scientists,…

Several legislators indicated that the primary goal of the Commission on Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering and Technology (CAWMSET) was to identify disincentives that cause attrition among females and minorities in science, engineering, and technology. Discusses why recent diversity legislation in Congress has now come…