
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Klein, A.G. 
T1  - Females in the professoriate at The University of Melbourne
JF  - Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria
JO  - Proc. R. Soc. Vic.
Y1  - 2010
VL  - 122
IS  - 1
SP  - xxxi
EP  - xxxv
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/RS10009 
N2  - For the first 120 years from its establishment in 1854 the University of Melbourne had an all-male professoriate. Personal chairs were established in 1964 in order to recognise and reward exceptionally distinguished academics that were not heads of departments; the first female professor was appointed to such a chair in 1975. The first female Departmental Head with the title of professor followed in 1979 and our guest of honour, Nancy Millis was appointed to a Personal Chair in Microbiology in 1982 &#x2013; only the fourth female professor ever. This paper traces the growth in female numbers in the professoriate, which, in 2008, stood at 85 out of about 410 &#x2013; that is only about 21% - but growing, as outstanding female candidates reach the required level of distinction. 
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