I regret to say that my impression
when I began research was that, in general,
less qualified men were employed quite a lot,
which eliminated some quite good women.
Mathematics is a young
person’s game mainly because
major advances in the subject come
from approaching problems from
person’s game mainly because
major advances in the subject come
from approaching problems from
a slightly different perspective than
previously adopted.
These types of ideas often come
in the course of learning
a subject for the first time.
I will have more of Cartwright in future postings. To keep up with attitudes and issues concerning women in mathematics visit the Facebook Page Women in Maths.
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