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Are the Opportunities in Astronomy and the Working Conditions Different for Women and Men?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

E. Margaret Burbidge
E. Margaret Burbidge*
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego Department of Physics and Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, California 92093-0111

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As the oldest speaker at this Joint Discussion, my lifetime in astronomy spans a larger number of decades than the lives of most of us here, and consequently I have seen great changes in the opportunities, working conditions, status, and rewards for their work that are now available to women, in comparison with the situation as it was 50 years ago. Nevertheless, one has to admit that the answers to two of the questions we have been asked to address have to be a qualified yes: there is still a problem, and there is need for improvement.

The advances that we have seen, especially in the last 20 years, have been recognized throughout the worldwide community as being of immense benefit to astronomy. It is also recognized by the general public that the situation for women in astronomy is much different now from what it was in my early years.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 10: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIInd General Assembly of the IAU, 1994 , 1995 , pp. 107 - 109
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1995

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