I would like to add some comments regarding that great majority of women who are, and will remain, non-scientists. There is much that physicists can do to encourage these women toward greater understanding, confidence, and enthusiasm about physics. In presenting physics to nonscientists, it is imperative to recognize that most of them have severe anxiety and fear of failure concerning science and math. Science anxiety then accompanies these children to adulthood, when the cycle repeats.
Many students are fearful of lab instruments.
Girls in particular suffer from the mistaken notion that boys are naturally more adept at using tools. Because the scientific and engineering professions have been predominantly male and white, female and minority students could easily get the impression that these fields are beyond them or are otherwise unsuited to them. One such place is in high school and college science courses for non-scientists. Make the course relevant to real human concerns. In my experience, women are especially interested in the human implications of science, implications for the environment, for children, for a peaceful world, for Earth's future.