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Lucent Women's 
CONF 7/97

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My background
Mid-70's (after Apollo, before STS...)


NASA->Commitment->Diversity [sci Eng/ women minority]
Advertised Widely 
(I was Grad student at Stanford...)
selected 35->6 women
-> Father (happiest)  (Understood what daughter did for a living)
Sense of culture we entered (Houston - JSC)
All astros had been male 
~ 2000 Engineers/sci-> 2 female
Visit = Cuff Links (welcoming celebration)
1 of 2 women [crossed out] biochemist (head of small group)
=>Suddenly was annointed the expert on all women's issues 
(selection committee; How we should be arranged in photos; addition to locker room => # of towels 4 hair dryers 
Definitely male culture, but 
Good News:
1. NASA had made commitment (well before we arrived)
2. 6 of us at once
=> I was 1st of 6 to fly...but as evidence of commitment => - All 6 flew (+KS)
> 25 total have flown
~20% of astros = female 
CLH head of J3C

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