I am by no means a scientist.
I'd add Marlene Theriault to that list and the women of this list as
well
- STEVE OLLIG <sollig_at_lifetouch.com> wrote:
> cool female scientists: Grace Hopper, Sally Ride, Ellen Ochoa,
> Margaret
> Mead, Rachel Carmichael, Marie Curie, Mae Jemison, Maria Mitchell
>
> where's that spotlight? ;)
>
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>
> I'd venture a guess that if it were a requirement there would be
> fewer girl
> scouts. Girls join girl scouts to have fun, and I think that they
> would
> perceive any requirement as an impediment to their fun, especially
> something
> "dorky".
>
> I agree that it is an image thing. We need some cool female
> scientists in
> the spotlight, don't we?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Carmichael
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 8:54 AM
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>
>
> Dorky rules :)
>
> It's sad that there isn't a requirement for the science/math
> activities
> in the Girl Scouts. The problem is that society in general doesn't
> show
> images of science as being "cool" and definitely doesn't show images
> of
> women as scientists. Or at least, not enough images.
>
>
> --- Cherie_Machler_at_gelco.com wrote:
> >
> > Dennis,
> >
> > I think that the article is correct that girls and teens are
> > sensitive to
> > the "geek stigma factor". Even in our 10-year-old Girl Scout
> > troop, the
> > girls are already concerned about their images and not being too
> > "dorky".
> > We have many more girls vote for activities involving animals and
> > crafts
> > than activities centered on math and science. The votes are
> usually
> > about
> > 8 to 1 with only one or two girls voting to do the math or science
> > activities. Pretty sad, especially considering that the Girl
> Scouts
> > organization tries really hard to push those technical and
> > math/science
> > programs and make them interesting and fun.
> >
> > The 25% number cited in the article for women in the IT sector
> seems
> > pretty
> > close to the number that we have show up at our local Oracle User's
> > Group
> > meeting. I think that the participation by women in our user's
> > group has
> > increased steadily in the last 10 years.
> >
> > Perhaps more women are drawn to database work than IT in general as
> > it
> > tends to be more administrative than say, programming.
> >
> > I'd also have to say that in many cases, being an Oracle DBA can be
> > pretty
> > grueling for those with families and for women with families in
> > particular.
> >
> > Cherie Machler
> > Oracle DBA
> > Gelco Information Network
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > DENNIS WILLIAMS
> >
> > <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFE To: Multiple
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> > m
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 01/07/03 05:11
> >
> > PM
> >
> > Please respond
> >
> > to ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Recently this list had a discussion of female Oracle DBAs. The
> > consensus
> > was
> > that the numbers were increasing, which I view as a good thing.
> Here
> > is an
> > article with industry statistics saying that the number of women in
> > IT is
> > decreasing.
> > http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/1564501
> > Any theories?
> >
> > Dennis Williams
> > DBA, 40%OCP
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