Women of Congress Promote STEM Education, Careers

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'“All I could visualize, to be perfectly honest, was being a teacher, a social worker and a secretary,” said Rep. Susan A. Davis, D-Calif.
The women of Congress are working to change that dynamic and empower young women to see themselves in STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — careers.

The women of Congress are working to change that dynamic and empower young women to see themselves in STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — careers.

The congresswomen joined leaders from businesses, nonprofits and global corporations for a luncheon Wednesday hosted by the nonpartisan Million Women Mentors. The almost 150 people in attendance dined together to celebrate MWM’s efforts to promote mentoring young women in STEM fields.
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To bridge the gender gap and bolster the U.S. labor force, female leaders say young girls need to see STEM careers as an option through mentorships and exciting hands-on education.

“When you give a girl a chance to build a robot when she’s 5 or build a rocket when she’s 10, she will have the inspiration and the know-how to become interested in those fields and see her future in those fields,” said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
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The representatives praised their fellow women, saying they can bring different skills to STEM careers compared with their male counterparts. “Women work twice as hard,” said Rep. Grace F. Napolitano, D-Calif. And Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., an Iraq War veteran, elicited applause from the audience when she said, “If you need someone who can multitask in an aircraft . . . you need a woman to do that.”'