Linda Head Rowan University Electrical & Computer Engineering Considering Women in Male Dominated Professions: Implications for Increasing the Numbers of Women in Engineering Linda Head Rowan University Electrical & Computer Engineering

Very Interesting Statistics Women as a Percentage of Male-dominated Professions Profession Year 1910 1920 1930 1940 Lawyer 1.1% 1.4% 2.1% 2.4% Doctor 6.0% 5.0% 4.4% 4.6% Scientist n.a. 4.7% 5.8% 7.0% V. G. Drachman, Sisters in Law, Women Lawyers in Modern American History, Harvard, 1998, p 254.

Statistics from the AMA

Today 27% of physicians are females compared to: • 17% in 1990 The most dramatic growth – almost 50% of first-year enrollees in medical school are women. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/19/wimmonth2006pp.pdf

Proportion of Women in the Profession of Law, 1910-1980 Women in Law Proportion of Women in the Profession of Law, 1910-1980 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1976 1980 1.1 1.4 2.1 2.4 3.5 3.3 4.7 9.2 12.0 C.F.Epstein, Women in Law,Illinois, 1993, p 4. JD DEGREES 1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 2006 TO WOMEN 33% 40% 42.7% 43.8% 48.3% 48.1% http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/reports/diversitylaw/index.html

Earned Engineering Bachelor’s Degrees - % Female

Employed Engineers - % Female