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Women are being discouraged from going into engineering by ingrained, sexist attitudes about what sort of pursuits are appropriate for them, Baroness Brown told The Independent.
Maybe then more of our next generation of math geniuses will think about going into engineering the next great global industry — energy technology — rather than engineering derivatives.
There should be nothing alien in the idea of a maths graduate running a hospital department, or a classics student going into engineering.
"A lot of young people, particularly women, are skeptical about going into engineering because they associate it with only one thing: building.
"We found a lot of small things can make a difference, like a course in spatial skills for women going into engineering, or teaching children that math ability is not fixed, but grows with effort".
Despite her struggles, she emphasizes that she doesn't want her message to seem "too pessimistic or depressing for other women who are thinking of going into engineering or into science-related subjects.
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But Ibrahim, who was inspired to go into engineering by her engineer father, says she has had only two female mentors during her career, and one left to start a family shortly after Ibrahim began working with her.
"I was miserable," says Ibrahim. "I realized how important it was to just be myself". But Ibrahim, who was inspired to go into engineering by her engineer father, says she has had only two female mentors during her career, and one left to start a family shortly after Ibrahim began working with her.
"Evidence shows that most girls who go into engineering have a scientist or engineer in their family circle who gave them support," she says.
Marilyn's accomplishments inspired not just engineers, but countless women who wanted to go into engineering and other professions yet were hesitant to redraw the boundaries.
At the ceremony, California's then-Secretary of State Debra Bowen said: "Marilyn's accomplishments inspired not just engineers, but countless women who wanted to go into engineering and other professions yet were hesitant to redraw the boundaries". Including her two daughters.
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