ABSTRACT
The program has been broadened in the intervening years to include the idea of seeking ways to help women and minority workers achieve their rightful places within organizations on the basis of ability. The overall unemployment rate in the sciences for women is four times higher than for men with comparable training. According to the Scientific Manpower Commission Report, the position of new women PhD’s in a falling employment market has deteriorated over the past five years although both industry and academia have been subject to affirmative action guidelines. Most women who choose a scientific profession run the risk of defining themselves, or finding themselves defined, as socially deviant. Women are not given preference in hiring. In 1973, women earned 10.6% of the doctorates in mathematics but by January 1974, in a sample of 20 leading universities, only 6.7% of the full time mathematicians were women. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
