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Women in science (Well-known women and their discoveries (Marie Curie…
Women in science
Well-known women and their discoveries
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Discovery of pulsars
Astrophysicist
Ada Lovelace
First computer programmer
Mathematician
Marie Curie
Radioactivity
Radium and polonium
physicist and chemist
Rosalind Franklin
Chemist and X-ray crystallographer
Helped understanding the structure of DNA
Problem?
Even more blatant in STEM studies
Female scientists are not as numerous as male scientists
Men are more numerous in scientific studies
Work and discoveries not necessarily recognized
reasons
External bias
Less paid
Worse work conditions
Fewer opportunities to travel
Internal bias
Undervalue their potential
Childcare
Influence of the media/films
Men : more important positions
Women : always mentioned for their looks
Women: not considered for their abilities/skills/intelligence
Is it true all over the world?
In less gender-equal societies, not true
In Europe, long legacy of exclusion for women