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Maria Klawe is leading the charge to bring more women into science, technology, and engineering.
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17. Maria Klawe
Age: 62
President, Harvey Mudd College
A mathematician and computer scientist by training, Klawe is leading the charge to bring more women into science, technology, and engineering. At Harvey Mudd, freshman women go to computer conferences, and introductory coding classes are now designed to be more welcoming to newcomers. Thanks in no small part to Klawe, women now make up 40% of computer science majors at the college, up from 10% in 2005.
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