Where are the female science professors? A personal perspective

The first woman to earn a Professorship at a University in Europe was Laura Maria Caterina Bassi, who earned a professorship in physics at the University of Bologna in 1732. Almost 300 years and three waves of feminism later, in 2016, women typically still only comprise 20% (or less) of the number o...

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Autor principal: Kamerlin, Shina Caroline Lynn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000Research 2016
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Opinion Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27347383
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.8889.2
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spelling pubmed-49091132016-06-23 Where are the female science professors? A personal perspective Kamerlin, Shina Caroline Lynn F1000Res Opinion Article The first woman to earn a Professorship at a University in Europe was Laura Maria Caterina Bassi, who earned a professorship in physics at the University of Bologna in 1732. Almost 300 years and three waves of feminism later, in 2016, women typically still only comprise 20% (or less) of the number of full professors in Europe. This opinion article will discuss the experiences of being a female academic today and the factors contributing to the academic gender gap from the perspective of a “young” natural scientist, as well as providing constructive suggestions for strategies to empower women in the academic world. F1000Research 2016-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4909113/ /pubmed/27347383 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.8889.2 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Kamerlin SCL http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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