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All data charts

Percentage of women in the Learn to Ring scheme

Percentage of women ringing and conducting in the RWNYC

Students are more likely to be older women

Women are well represented across the method scale

Distribution of women helpers at the Bradfield Course

Which bells women ring versus which bells a conductor rings

Which bells women ring versus which bells a conductor rings in tower peals

women ringing handbells tend to stick to the trebles

The tendency for women to ring the treble pair is more pronounced for peals.

Percentage of women ringing and conducting in the 2019 competition

Percentage of women ringing and judging the National 12-bell competition

This graph shows the gender split in association officers

Cumulative data showing the how women start to disappear from ringing