Minority Women Still Most Underrepresented in Science Despite Progress
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 11:32
in Health & Medicine
Thirty-five years after a landmark report documented minority women as the most underrepresented individuals in science, engineering, medicine and dentistry, dramatic improvements have occurred for women of color, but serious obstacles remain. That was the message from a report here at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society.
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