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Rosalind Franklin

Beat the Majority - Name a Female Scientist

Science post by Sarah Mirk on July 11, 2009 - 12:10pm; tagged Association for Women in Science, female scientists, Jane Goodall, L'Oreal, name a female scientist, Rosalind Franklin, science graduate degrees, Scientific Blogging, Women in Science.
Beauty company and science scholarship provider L'Oreal surveyed 1,000 Americans this spring and asked them to name a single female scientist. The result was an EPIC FAIL! While 97 percent of respondents believed that women could make significant contributions to science (personal aside: terrible three percent, you're probably that uncle everyone hates. I hope you choke on your sandwich.) 65 percent could not name a sole woman in science.

This is troubling, because while the number of women earning science and engineering degrees has risen to 43 percent of total students (nerdy graphs here), apparently Americans still don't know female scientists are out there workin' hard. Keep reading to learn more!
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