AUTHOR - Jordan Klos
Think of the top three names that come to mind when you hear STEM? Are any of these women? If not, this is due to the STEM industry being majorly male dominated with women making up only 28% of the workforce.
With an increase of STEM related subjects in school and courses in university, the education system has created a push for more females to be involved in STEM. Women have greatly benefitted the STEM industry which has helped revolutionise science and improve the world that we know of.
A prime example of a revolutionist in the STEM industry is Katherine Johnson, a well-known female role model who is renowned her aeronautics work at NASA (National Aeronautics Space Association). She developed the calculations that helped the US and NASA launch its first astronaut into space in 1961. Without her, the launch would not have been possible. As well as this, she safely landed Apollo 11 on the moon in 1969 whilst also assisting on other pioneering crewed space missions.
She was so influential that major novels and movies were formed in her legacy. She represents just one of the many women who positively impacted the world through STEM and encouraged other females to follow in their footsteps, but with the lack of women already in the workforce it has become a greater struggle for women to be successful in science and STEM fields.
With preventatives such as the gender pay gap and gender inequality in the workforce being in place, the need for women in the scientific workforces has been greater than ever, to allow women to continue to shape and change the world through STEM.
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