<p>First time ever that female students win both the individual and team competitions - great job ladies!</p>
<p>Girls</a> shatter glass ceiling at science contest - Science - MSNBC.com</p>
<p>Girls rule!!</p>
<p>The two girls that won are in my grade.</p>
<p>Yes, there was much dancing and joy at our house when the winners were announced!</p>
<p>What a difference a few generations makes- my mother was told girls don't do math/science (mid-late 1940's), I was in a minority (1970's) for science/medicine; and now around half the Siemans scholarship winners are girls, as well as the top winners. These young women will have many more women as professor mentors in the sciences in college than in my day.</p>
<p>My daughter goes to school with the girls who won just won Siemen's and was also in the school's research program up until this year. It's funny that my daughter (who is the school's president) and her classmates never really thought twice about the fact that many of the students in the science program are female, that the likely valedictorian/saluditorian of the school are female, that the science chairperson is a woman and the head of research is also female. I love that these girls are being celebrated by the press and have all this well-deserved attention. But I think it is even better that I live in a community where it is so natural for so many girls to be successful leaders in all fields. Their gender seems hardly noteworthy!</p>
<p>That's great to hear, uskoolfish. Astrogirl, although not complaining, has always been a minority in terms of her science/math experiences. Sophomore year in hs, she was the ONLY female in her computer programming class....blew me away! I emailed her this story as soon as I saw it!</p>
<p>In the early 80's, when I told my grandmother I wanted to be a geophysicist, she said, "why would a girl like you want to do something like that?" I felt like I'd signed on for a stint in the red light district.</p>
<p>This article brought a tear to my eye. Thanks for posting, and here's to all the girls who chose the road less traveled.</p>