Fixing the leaky pipeline: women scientists in academia.
@article{Pell1996FixingTL, title={Fixing the leaky pipeline: women scientists in academia.}, author={Alice N. Pell}, journal={Journal of animal science}, year={1996}, volume={74 11}, pages={ 2843-8 } }
Although the number of women receiving doctorates and in academic positions has increased over the past 20 yr, females still are under-represented on university faculties. The extent of and reasons for this inequity are discussed. There are four critical periods that influence the retention of women in science: early childhood, adolescence, college, and the graduate school/job entry period. For each of the later three periods, the paper addresses the relationship between self-esteem and job…
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