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Women constructors in the Shortz Era

Of the 944 constructors in the Shortz Era, 231 identify as women, and 712 as men.

Each link in the 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

We have photos of 113 women at the bottom of this page.

Year	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Total
All	312 : 23%	455 : 34%	389 : 29%	266 : 20%	234 : 17%	149 : 11%	100 : 7%	1905 : 20%
1993	2 : 33%	1 : 17%	2 : 33%	2 : 33%	3 : 50%	1 : 17%	0 : 0%	11 : 27%
1994	14 : 27%	10 : 19%	11 : 21%	9 : 17%	7 : 13%	2 : 4%	1 : 2%	54 : 15%
1995	15 : 28%	10 : 19%	9 : 17%	13 : 25%	11 : 21%	4 : 8%	6 : 12%	68 : 19%
1996	14 : 27%	20 : 38%	16 : 30%	12 : 23%	14 : 27%	1 : 2%	3 : 6%	80 : 22%
1997	17 : 33%	17 : 33%	19 : 37%	10 : 19%	14 : 27%	2 : 4%	2 : 4%	81 : 22%
1998	14 : 27%	12 : 23%	18 : 35%	16 : 31%	18 : 34%	3 : 6%	2 : 4%	83 : 23%
1999	18 : 35%	17 : 33%	24 : 46%	15 : 29%	10 : 19%	8 : 15%	2 : 4%	94 : 26%
2000	19 : 36%	17 : 33%	15 : 29%	9 : 17%	9 : 17%	7 : 13%	4 : 8%	80 : 22%
2001	18 : 35%	27 : 51%	16 : 31%	9 : 17%	12 : 23%	10 : 19%	4 : 8%	96 : 26%
2002	15 : 29%	11 : 21%	19 : 36%	12 : 23%	12 : 23%	8 : 15%	9 : 17%	86 : 24%
2003	17 : 33%	22 : 42%	18 : 35%	11 : 21%	14 : 27%	11 : 21%	5 : 10%	98 : 27%
2004	12 : 23%	15 : 29%	20 : 38%	11 : 21%	12 : 23%	9 : 17%	5 : 10%	84 : 23%
2005	8 : 15%	22 : 42%	26 : 50%	9 : 17%	8 : 15%	7 : 13%	8 : 15%	88 : 24%
2006	7 : 13%	19 : 37%	15 : 29%	19 : 37%	8 : 15%	7 : 13%	2 : 4%	77 : 21%
2007	12 : 23%	21 : 40%	18 : 35%	14 : 27%	10 : 19%	9 : 17%	8 : 15%	92 : 25%
2008	12 : 23%	26 : 50%	17 : 32%	6 : 11%	5 : 10%	1 : 2%	11 : 21%	78 : 21%
2009	9 : 17%	20 : 38%	12 : 23%	9 : 17%	9 : 17%	7 : 13%	7 : 13%	73 : 20%
2010	10 : 19%	21 : 40%	18 : 35%	7 : 13%	4 : 8%	4 : 8%	4 : 8%	68 : 19%
2011	15 : 29%	14 : 27%	13 : 25%	7 : 13%	5 : 10%	3 : 6%	0 : 0%	57 : 16%
2012	7 : 13%	22 : 42%	12 : 23%	10 : 19%	7 : 13%	2 : 4%	2 : 4%	62 : 17%
2013	11 : 21%	17 : 33%	11 : 21%	10 : 19%	4 : 8%	4 : 8%	0 : 0%	57 : 16%
2014	5 : 10%	18 : 35%	10 : 19%	11 : 21%	8 : 15%	3 : 6%	1 : 2%	56 : 15%
2015	11 : 21%	18 : 35%	8 : 15%	9 : 17%	6 : 11%	4 : 8%	0 : 0%	56 : 15%
2016	7 : 13%	16 : 31%	15 : 29%	3 : 6%	8 : 15%	9 : 17%	6 : 11%	64 : 17%
2017	9 : 17%	11 : 21%	10 : 19%	5 : 10%	3 : 6%	7 : 13%	4 : 8%	49 : 13%
2018	6 : 12%	19 : 36%	9 : 17%	8 : 15%	9 : 17%	8 : 15%	1 : 2%	60 : 16%
2019	8 : 17%	12 : 26%	8 : 17%	10 : 22%	4 : 9%	8 : 17%	3 : 7%	53 : 16%

Notes on the calculations

Collaboration puzzles are counted here as by Women if there is at least one woman constructor. One could argue that this over-states their contributions and the more accurate percentages are even lower.

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

1993 and 2019 are partial years so they are grayed out with no color coding.