My mom was the only woman in her science courses in college, my aunt one of 2 women in her math program. I was lucky, Title 9 got me into any high school class I wanted (one of the first girls in both the Auto Tech program (kept my car, older than me, running for all of high school and another few years) and Mechanical Drawing, which helped me visualize all my calculus problems, letting me finish my math requirements my junior year).
My Italian accent is impeccable…in my head.