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According to a recent analysis of hiring trends, new women history Ph.D.’s today constitute 40 percent of the total graduates; in 1979, women made up about 16 percent of new history Ph.D.'s. The report, prepared by Elizabeth Lunbeck, a Princeton historian for the American Historical Association Committee on Women Historians, shows that in 1988 approximately 39 percent of assistant professors of history were women; based on 1999 figures, about 18 percent of full professors of history were women. The report also documents that women who have entered the profession in recent years find challenges in balancing work and family responsibilities; they also are finding inadequate support for doing so. For the report, tap into: http://www.historians.org/governance/cwh/2005Status/index.cfm
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