1. 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

2. 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.

3. Statistics from the AMA

5. 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.

6. Proportion of Women in the Profession of Law, 1910-1980
Women in Law
Proportion of Women in the Profession of Law,
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
TO WOMEN 33% 40% 42.7% % % %

8. Earned Engineering Bachelor’s Degrees - % Female

10. Employed Engineers - % Female