# @feministscience on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-03-14T05:09:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Feminist Science (@feministscience) — https://gondola.cc/feministscience

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CYNTHIA OLIVER COLEMAN, chemical engineer; Jazmin Johnson, software engineer; Patricia Delvac Daniels (left) and Gail Kendall (right), engineering students in SWE at Berkeley; Dr. Valerie Thomas, data scientist.

Due to Title IX, the years 1972-1985 saw a large increase in female undergraduate enrollment in STEM majors. Furthermore, aggressive outreach and recruiting campaigns aimed towards K-12 girls were successful in increasing the overall number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to women in STEM. The Society of Women Engineers which had existed since 1950 as a response to the alarming post-war decline in women in engineering, became an important engineering organization and recruitment for undergraduates. 

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https://feministscientist.substack.com/p/towards-title-ix-the-rise-of-women

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