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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener)
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Subject: Re: career vs. relationships
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In article <527@cisden.UUCP> john@cisden.UUCP (John Woolley) writes:
>When I was majoring in math at the University of Colorado, about two thirds
>of us students, undergraduates and graduates, were women.  The professors
>were mostly men, though.

Here at Berkeley about 35% of the undergraduates, 15% of the graduates,
5% of the post-docs and visitors, and 2% of the faculty in the math
department are women.  I've seen several graduate classes with 0 or 1
female students.

>So maybe the stereotype is mistaken?  (They are occasionally, I've noticed.)
>Or was CU really abnormal in this respect?

No and yes.  There are good female mathematicians, but not many.  Only one
has had the ultimate honor: the eponymous adjective 'noetherian' has become
so common one has to check one's context for its meaning.

(A math major, eh?  Peace and Good!)

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720