Katie, take a look at these few articles. I firmly believe that the heart of the the problem is, like you said, not having enough female role models in industry
My favorite quote about the matter, "Regardless of whether you are a man or a woman, you will need mentors at every level of your career" - Jane Reckelhoff
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org....opms.r1000084
and more recently
http://www.usnews.com/education/high...le-stem-majors
oh and btw, thanks for being one of those female role model/mentors
