[afraidfortherepublic]

There were no females in my husband's engineering class in 1963 (although I knew of one woman studying Civil Engineering at the time). There was only one female in my oldest son's engineering class in 1984. She was a brilliant Pakistani woman working on her PhD, and the men constantly pestered her in the library by sending unsigned messages to her on her computer. She ignored them.

Five years later, my younger son's engineering class at the bachelor's level was 50% female, as was his PhD class in 1996. The times are changing.

[Alberta's Child]

Five years later, my younger son's engineering class at the bachelor's level was 50% female, as was his PhD class in 1996. The times are changing.

I'm not sure what these numbers even mean, in the long run. I got my B.S. in civil engineering in 1993, and my M.S. in 1999. There was a definite increase in the percentage of female students throughout my undergraduate and graduate years in school.

And yet when I took my state board licensing exams (Part I in 1996, Part II in 1998), no more than 5% of the people taking the exams with me were women.

[luckystarmom]

In the 80s there were more women in my engineering classes. At least 10% women, and I was one of them.