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Women constructors in the Shortz Era

Of the 922 constructors in the Shortz Era, 223 are women.
We have photos of 105 them below.

Although it might be unwise to draw specific conclusions from this data, here are some numbers that might spark discussion.

Each number link in the second table goes to a list of puzzles that make up that number so you can see who the constructors are.

Example links:

All Saturday puzzles by women in the Shortz Era — list, thumbnails
All puzzles by women last year — list, thumbnails
Monday puzzles by women in 2001 (the first time women hit 50%) — list, thumbnails

Percentage of crosswords by women constructors

Year	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Total
All	23%	34%	29%	20%	17%	11%	7%	20%
1993	33%	17%	33%	33%	50%	17%	0%	27%
1994	27%	19%	21%	17%	13%	4%	2%	15%
1995	28%	19%	17%	25%	21%	8%	12%	19%
1996	27%	38%	32%	23%	27%	2%	6%	22%
1997	33%	33%	37%	19%	27%	4%	4%	22%
1998	27%	23%	35%	31%	34%	6%	4%	23%
1999	35%	33%	46%	29%	19%	15%	4%	26%
2000	36%	33%	29%	17%	17%	13%	8%	22%
2001	35%	51%	31%	17%	23%	19%	8%	26%
2002	29%	21%	36%	23%	23%	15%	17%	24%
2003	33%	42%	35%	21%	27%	21%	10%	27%
2004	23%	27%	38%	21%	23%	17%	10%	23%
2005	15%	42%	50%	15%	15%	13%	15%	24%
2006	13%	37%	27%	37%	15%	13%	4%	21%
2007	23%	40%	35%	27%	19%	17%	15%	25%
2008	23%	50%	32%	11%	10%	2%	21%	21%
2009	17%	38%	23%	17%	17%	13%	13%	20%
2010	19%	40%	35%	13%	8%	8%	8%	19%
2011	29%	27%	25%	13%	10%	6%	0%	16%
2012	13%	42%	23%	19%	13%	4%	4%	17%
2013	21%	33%	21%	19%	8%	8%	0%	16%
2014	10%	35%	19%	21%	15%	6%	2%	15%
2015	21%	35%	15%	17%	11%	8%	0%	15%
2016	13%	31%	29%	6%	15%	17%	11%	17%
2017	17%	21%	19%	10%	6%	13%	8%	13%
2018	12%	36%	17%	15%	17%	15%	2%	16%
2019	29%	14%	0%	38%	0%	25%	0%	15%

The same data using counts instead of percentages in the format "Women : Men"

Year	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Total
All	306 : 1012	443 : 875	381 : 937	258 : 1060	230 : 1088	143 : 1175	97 : 1221	1858 : 7368
1993	2 : 4	1 : 5	2 : 4	2 : 4	3 : 3	1 : 5	0 : 5	11 : 30
1994	14 : 38	10 : 42	11 : 41	9 : 43	7 : 45	2 : 50	1 : 52	54 : 311
1995	15 : 38	10 : 42	9 : 43	13 : 39	11 : 41	4 : 48	6 : 46	68 : 297
1996	14 : 38	20 : 33	17 : 36	12 : 40	14 : 38	1 : 51	3 : 49	81 : 285
1997	17 : 35	17 : 35	19 : 33	10 : 43	14 : 38	2 : 50	2 : 50	81 : 284
1998	14 : 38	12 : 40	18 : 34	16 : 36	18 : 35	3 : 49	2 : 50	83 : 282
1999	18 : 34	17 : 35	24 : 28	15 : 37	10 : 42	8 : 45	2 : 50	94 : 271
2000	19 : 34	17 : 35	15 : 37	9 : 43	9 : 43	7 : 45	4 : 49	80 : 286
2001	18 : 34	27 : 26	16 : 36	9 : 43	12 : 40	10 : 42	4 : 48	96 : 269
2002	15 : 37	11 : 41	19 : 34	12 : 40	12 : 40	8 : 44	9 : 43	86 : 279
2003	17 : 35	22 : 30	18 : 34	11 : 42	14 : 38	11 : 41	5 : 47	98 : 267
2004	12 : 40	14 : 38	20 : 32	11 : 41	12 : 41	9 : 44	5 : 47	83 : 283
2005	8 : 44	22 : 30	26 : 26	8 : 44	8 : 44	7 : 45	8 : 45	87 : 278
2006	7 : 46	19 : 33	14 : 38	19 : 33	8 : 44	7 : 45	2 : 50	76 : 289
2007	12 : 40	21 : 32	18 : 34	14 : 38	10 : 42	9 : 43	8 : 44	92 : 273
2008	12 : 40	26 : 26	17 : 36	6 : 47	5 : 47	1 : 51	11 : 41	78 : 288
2009	9 : 43	20 : 32	12 : 40	9 : 43	9 : 44	7 : 45	7 : 45	73 : 292
2010	10 : 42	21 : 31	18 : 34	7 : 45	4 : 48	4 : 49	4 : 48	68 : 297
2011	15 : 37	14 : 38	13 : 39	7 : 45	5 : 47	3 : 49	0 : 53	57 : 308
2012	7 : 46	22 : 31	12 : 40	10 : 42	7 : 45	2 : 50	2 : 50	62 : 304
2013	11 : 41	17 : 35	11 : 42	10 : 42	4 : 48	4 : 48	0 : 52	57 : 308
2014	5 : 47	18 : 34	10 : 42	11 : 42	8 : 44	3 : 49	1 : 51	56 : 309
2015	11 : 41	18 : 34	8 : 44	9 : 43	6 : 47	4 : 48	0 : 52	56 : 309
2016	7 : 45	16 : 36	15 : 37	3 : 49	8 : 44	9 : 44	6 : 47	64 : 302
2017	9 : 44	11 : 41	10 : 42	5 : 47	3 : 49	7 : 45	4 : 48	49 : 316
2018	6 : 46	19 : 34	9 : 43	8 : 44	9 : 43	8 : 44	1 : 51	60 : 305
2019	2 : 5	1 : 6	0 : 8	3 : 5	0 : 8	2 : 6	0 : 8	8 : 46

Notes on the calculations

Collaboration puzzles are counted here as by Women if there is at least one female constructor. In other words, the Men columns include only puzzles where all contributors are male. One could argue that this over-states women's contributions and their more accurate percentages are even lower.

Percentages more than one third or less than one tenth are color coded.

In the tables above, 1993 and 2019 are partial years so they are grayed out with no color coding.