Geeze,was it really that bad out West? Here in Ohio, I attended Ohio State '76-77, and Cleveland State '80-81 as an engineering student. The OSU year I was even lodged in the all-male upper-classmen Engineering dorm! So freshman year at OSU - lots of Bio- and Chem-Eng females in my classes maybe a few Civils.. ElectEng?? Never saw too many of those... Not much else. Four years later, for my 3rd year at CSU (I took classes part-time in between while working other jobs) the SAE/MechEng 'student lounge' was across the hall from the SWE (Society of Women Engineers) lounge, so we interacted quite often...