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    major role in your society and is very important. Those four letters stand for science, technology, engineering, and math, and they are the driving force of new discoveries and innovations that lead to new products and processes that sustain our economy. STEM education creates critical thinkers, increases science literacy, and enables the next generation of innovators. However, despite the interest I have always had for science and math, I was never introduced to the field of engineering or even knew

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    Periodicals such as the 1819 Ladies’ Visitor and the 1860 Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine reveal through various forms of literature and illustrations how women fit into society and how ideology surrounding women contradicts itself throughout the nineteenth century. These accounts of American ideology support simple, Republican values with Romantic literature as well Liberal values of individuality with Realism. Although these values oppose one another, they intertwine to depict the ever-changing

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    individuals have displayed to me the value of hard work, embracing new ideas, and being entrepreneurial. Last summer, I had the opportunity to attend a tennis program at Stanford University. While I was there, I was introduced to the program Women in Science, Technology, Engineering,

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    stereotypes about women in science for instance that they’re not as good as men at science and they’re not capable of being both a mother and a scientist is inadequate it is morally wrong. Women in the science field are a must because there are 35.2% of chemists, 11.1% of physicists and astronomers that are women there is a demand for the integration of women in this area but by having some certain stereotypes it makes it that much harder to expand science. By expanding science, opens up all different

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    counterparts. Gender pay gap is defined as the average difference between men and women’s aggregate hourly earnings. In today’s United States hospitals women physicians average only around seventy-nine percent of what the average male doctor with an equal level of education makes. This topic is not a new discussion. This act of discrimination has been affecting women for many years; however, this topic was not studied until the 1950’s. Hospitals need to find common ground when it comes to the gender pay gap

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    In order to get my point across of the need of more women in Computer Science, the best group to present my solution to is towards the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. In addition, the school district is great in order to keep it to a local community and present the need to involve all schools to promote some computer related course for all students. This is important because according to a research by the University of Washington, “children express the stereotype that mathematics is

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    Women are not connected to the Science and Math industry like males are, but does that mean that they are not in it? No. The majority of women in the United States are underappreciated and discouraged in the workforce because they are pressured into believing that they are not good enough. Throughout the years, women have overcome this sexism obstacle little by little, But nonetheless more and more obstacles form and replace other defeated obstacles. One of the obstacles that has formed and will

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    performances in science fiction horror films in a visual aspect. It focused on the two research questions stated below: RQ1: Have female roles changed in science fiction horror films over the years?   RQ2: Have these characters influenced a change with women in the society? These questions a long with my theory, method, and definitions are located in the center of the poster. Then, going in a clockwise, to the right we have the mother section. Here the woman's role in science fiction horror films

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    Updating Motherhood 2.0: Science and the Enlightenment of Women Before there was the enlightenment of women there was a scientific revolution. And one of the critical facts of that transformation was a notion by the men of science that they should not look back to the works and understandings of the past (Brown, 2008). Without the benefit of objective theories and practices, that knowledge was at best untrustworthy and surely contaminated by the minds of the untrained. In such an environment

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    The negative stigma and stereotypes surrounding women in technology often leave women feeling marginalized and discouraged in the workplace. Sylvia Beyer, author of “Why are Women Underrepresented in Computer Science? Gender Differences in Stereotypes, Self-Efficacy, Values, and Interests and Predictors of Future CS Course-Taking and Grades (2014)” attribute these factors as negatively impacting female interest in the technology field. In order to level the technical work field and provide equal

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