Record High of 19 Women Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences, chartered by Congress as an advisor to the federal government on science and technology issues, elected a record high of 19 women (26 percent) out of the 72 new inductees for 2005. The number of women elected rose to 24 percent in both 2003 and 2004 after hovering around 10 percent in past year, according to the New York Times.

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