Abstract
Women currently make up about 40% of the American work force. By contrast, women are only a tiny minority in the entomological profession as indicated by the membership rosters of ARPE and ESA, attendance at national and regional entomological meetings, authorship of scientific papers dealing with entomological subjects, and representation on the faculties as well as student bodies of entomology departments at academic institutions. The AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) last fall sponsored a 4-day conference on the participation of women in scientific research in Washington, D.C. One of the findings at this conference was that statistical data on women in science are largely inadequate or non-existent. It was also reported that the salary gap between men and women Ph.D.-level scientists and engineers was 17% in 1973, increasing to 19% in 1975. A staff member of Senator Kennedy's Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research attending the conference concluded that the world at large is unaware of this problem, and that the scientific establishment mostly does not care.
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