There are two scenes of Dr. Bob Kearns teaching what appears to be an advanced physics class. The scenes take place in a large auditorium classroom during the late 60's in Michigan. At that time and in that setting - there would have been only a handful of female students, not the 30-40% that appear in each scene. Plus, where are the slide rules and the ubiquitous pocket protectors?
shareI did notice that...your right.In the '60's very few women even went for that class/profession.It wasnt encouraged.At that time at least.Good call.
sharenot physics, engineering. and yes, there would have been that many women there, it was the end of the 60's... no the begining of the 40's
shareI seriously doubt 30-40% of electrical engineering students were female in the 1960's, even today less than 30% of engineering graduates are typically female. At some schools it is less than 20%.
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In Europe, the class may have looked like that. I had this debate once. We figured it was the way physics was taught in high school as a separate course in the Jr. And Sr. year, after most have met their science requirement for graduation. That was how it was at my school. I wanted to take physics, but got swayed by friend and my advisor () to take anthropology instead. In Europe, physics is taught each year in high school, as part of the overall science program (1st year of high school science is a combo of physics/chem/bio 1, 2d year is level 2, etc). I think if the US had this system, then more kids would stick with physics.
http://youtu.be/oHg5SJYRHA0