Posted by: Suzy
Posted on: Wed, Aug 11, 2010, 11:57 pm CDT
That sounds average. When I was in grad school- which was in the early 90's, there were 3 women faculty. Two more was hired about a year later and then another was hired but non-TT as her husband was recruited and they gave her that position.
Two did not have kids and the other four did.
Two had husbands as faculty (and they often co-published together).
One of these women (one without kids) happened to be the faculty person with the worst reputation for being cruel. She had only male grad students because women were treated so harshly they didn't choose her lab.
The entire faculty was probably around 25 people.
All of the women faculty worked a lot and weekends too. When I was in on weekends, they would be there too.
I think they really sacrificed a lot of time with their kids in those years to be in the lab.