33. Office of Research on Women's Health, Women in Biomedical Careers: Dynamics of Change. Strategies for the 21st Century, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health: NIH Publication #95-3565. 215 pp.
This is a full report of a workshop held in Bethesda, MD, 11-12 June 1992. Chapters cover such topics as "Recruitment Retention and Reentry," "Abuses of Power in the Workplace," "Women in Biomedical Research: Breaking the Barriers and Changing the Rules," and "The Future of Women in Health." Of particular importance is the chapter on "Girls, Science, and the Schools," as well as the final chapter on "Women in Biomedical Careers: Minority Women's Perspectives." Supplementary reports include a variety of topics, such as strategy for birth [misnamed "prenatal"] through eighth grade, ninth through twelfth grades, and the role of women's colleges in preparing women scientists. An overview article in the "Supplementary Reports" presents data on Precollege and Science Achievement -- male, female, white, black, and Hispanic, for ages 9, 13, and 17 -- from 1973 through 1990. It is interesting to note that, despite the high level of criticism education is subject to, scores have steadily increased in all groups. There are also SAT scores by sex and racial/ethnic groups for both verbal and math; a table of women's salaries compared to men's salaries by field and level of degree and, finally, the number of doctoral scientists and engineers in academic institutions by field, rank, and sex (1989). The entire report is an interesting compilation, although in some categories the numbers have changed in the intervening years -- some for the better, some for the worse.
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