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2. List of African-American women in STEM fields - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of notable African-American women who have made contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.. An excerpt from a 1998 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education by Juliane Malveaux reads: "There are other reasons to be concerned about the paucity of African American women in science, especially as scientific occupations are among the ...

3. Racial diversity and discrimination in STEM fields - Wikipedia

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   While only 1.8% of Asian and 4.1% of White students drop out of high school, 5.6% of Black, 7.7% of Hispanic, 8.0% of Pacific Islander, and 9.6% of American Indian/Alaskan Native students drop out of high school. [6] Among those that graduate high school, 67% of Whites, 62% of Blacks, and 69% of Hispanics enroll in a “degree granting college.”.

4. Women in STEM fields - Wikipedia

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   Women hold 58% of S&E related occupations. [83] Women in STEM fields earn considerably less than men, even after controlling for a wide set of characteristics such as education and age. On average, men in STEM jobs earn $36.34 per hour while women in STEM jobs earn $31.11 per hour.

5. 'Girls Like Me': Book encourages Black girls to study STEM - AOL

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   There has been no change in the share of Black workers in STEM jobs since 2016. The gap in STEM workforce representation is especially large for Hispanic adults. Hispanic workers make up 17% of ...

6. African-American women in computer science - Wikipedia

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   African-American women were hired as mathematicians to do technical computing needed to support aeronautical and other research. They included such women as Katherine G. Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan, who had careers of decades at NASA. [1] Among Johnson's projects was calculating the flight path for the United States' first mission into space in ...

7. Getting more women into STEM jobs isn’t enough to fix the ...

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   Sassler and Meyerhofer studied women’s earning rates against men in computer science jobs between 2009 and 2019, and found that those women made about 86.6 cents on the men’s dollar.

8. Women in engineering in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In STEM jobs, female wages are approximately 84% of men's, compared to 71% in non-STEM jobs. [3] [7] [27] Moreover, it has also been stated that traditionally stereotypical images of engineering as "dirty", "rugged", or "manly" jobs are gradually being eroded—opening employment opportunities for prospective women nationwide. [28] [30] [31]

9. Aisha Bowe - Wikipedia

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   Aisha Bowe. Aisha Bowe is a Bahamian-American aerospace engineer, founder, STEM advocate, and entrepreneur. She is the founder of CEO of STEMBoard, a technology company, and LINGO, an educational tech company. Bowe is the recipient of NASA Equal Employment Opportunity Medal, US Women's Chamber of Commerce Emerging Star Award and Virginia ...