INSPIRE Women Act

Title

INSPIRE Women Act

Description

The Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers Act (H.R. 321), or INSPIRE Women Act, was introduced by Representative Barbara Comstock of Virginia before passing through Congress and being signed into law in February of 2017. The law is focused on increasing the representation of women in STEM careers.

The act compels the NASA director to encourage women and girls to pursue STEM fields in many ways. It created both NASA Girls and NASA Boys, virtual mentorship programs where prospective students are paired with a NASA employee to help guide them through their education. Another new program introduced is Aspire to Inspire which is focused on highlighting the early and recent careers of women in NASA and sharing that information with young girls. Through these programs, and the overall directive, H.R. 321 is designed to bring more women into service in fields that they are drastically underrepresented in.

Creator

Shealah Craighead

Date

February 28 2017

Source

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/TrumpSignsHR321InspireWomenAct28FEB2017.jpg

Rights

White House

Publisher

White House

Contributor

Shealah Craighead

Format

Photograph

Language

English

Type

Law

Identifier

Law, STEM, Women, US Congress, NASA, Mentorship, Education, Science

Coverage

United States

Files

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/TrumpSignsHR321InspireWomenAct28FEB2017.jpg

Reference

Shealah Craighead, INSPIRE Women Act, White House, February 28 2017

Cite As

Shealah Craighead, “INSPIRE Women Act,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed March 28, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/683.