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The Status of Women in the Profession: Tokenism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2022

Jane Jaquette
Jane Jaquette*
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Occidental College
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The woman who is now entering (or contemplating entry) into the political science profession confronts a field that is biased against her (“political science is no place for a woman”) and which admits her only grudgingly and accords her limited status. The following is a summary of the data now available on the status of women in the profession.

From the survey conducted by the APSA Committee on the Status of Women (1969, 473 departments responding), we have the following information on female participation:

23.2% of undergraduate majors are women

17.5% of graduates enrolled are women

14.7% of Ph.D. candidates are women

8.7% of those receiving the Ph.D. 1960-1968 are women

8.6% of assistant professors are women

6.7% of associate professors are women; and

4.1 % of full professors are women.

Type
Women in Political Science: Two Comments
Information
PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , Fall 1971 , pp. 530 - 532
Copyright
Copyright © The American Political Science Association 1971

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