It was only within the last ~5 years I could find multiple options for women's safety shoes and not just small size men's shoes. Even then, I end up having to buy them online.

My father had one woman classmate in his engineering classes back in the day. She was labeled as a ::shudder:: lesbian due to her STEM proclivities.

Can't imagine why more women don't want to go into fields that require PPE when they're just so gosh darn welcoming.