The number of U.S.-trained women with science and engineering doctorates who are employed in academia almost doubled in 15 years, rising from about 60,000 in 1997 to over 105,000 in 2010.
Women's Progress in Science and Engineering Since 1973 (Infographic)
Men outnumbered women 10 to 1 in the early Seventies, but today that gap has closed to two to one.
(Image: © By Karl Tate, Infographics Artist)