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On Friday 18 January 2008, james kilty wrote: > On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 08:27 +0000, Clare Shepherd wrote: > > When I was at school I wanted to go into engineering, > > not only was my grammar school headmistress (yes, it was that long > > ago) horrified but also my Scots father, who came from a large > > family and his brothers were mostly engineers, as were several > > earlier generations. he thought it" no a suitable job for a lassie". > > As this was the 60s, and pre-women's lib., > > Noeline was the first ever woman engineering student at IC in my year 1955. > I forget her second name. She was on her own for one year I think, then > there was a second. > > I think there were a couple of women in my Physics group, and one went on > to become a Professor of Physics at Surry Uni. Alas she died of cancer some > years ago. -- > james kilty > http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk In the early 80's I recruited about 40 test technicians of Full C & G/HNC level and interviewed about 300 people in the process. Only 2 qualified applicants were women (I employed 1 with no regrets). I ended my career in IS in Nortel, Canadian with main business in US. I would say that 25 to 30% were women, maybe a bigger percentage over the pond. George -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html