And yes

[james_davis_nicoll]

The Baen sample had a larger fraction of female writers than the Tor sample: 1:2.5 as compared to 1:3.7. Female characters to male at Baen ran 1:1.7, and at Tor 1:2.3.

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[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Baen's 1984 offering according to isfdb:

                                                       Author/editor
                                                              F      M
Web of Darkness, Marion Zimmer Bradley 	                      X
Frontera, Lewis Shiner 	                                             X
Fire Time,Poul Anderson 	                                     X
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13, Terry Carr 	             X
The Return of Retief, Keith Laumer                                   X
The Zanzibar Cat, Joanna Russ 	                              X
Birds of Prey, David Drake 	                                     X
The 40-Minute War, Janet Morris, Chris Morris 	              X      X
Rhialto the Marvellous, Jack Vance 	                             X
Eternity, Dean Ing, Mack Reynolds 	                             X
Returning Creation, Janet Morris 	                      X 
Valentina: Soul in Sapphire, Joseph H. Delaney, Marc Stiegler 	     X
Cugel's Saga, Jack Vance 	                                     X    
The Game Beyond, Melissa Scott 	                              X
The Golden Sword, Janet Morris 	                              X
Chrestomathy, Keith Laumer 	                                     X
Mutual Assured Survival, Jerry Pournelle, Dean Ing 	             X
Aubade for Gamelon, John Willett 	                             X
The Other Time,	Dean Ing, Mack Reynolds 	                     X
Survival!, Gordon R. Dickson 	                                     X
Hothouse, Brian Aldiss                                               X
Total                                                         6     16

Tor, same year (part one)

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

                                                              Author/editor
                                                               F        M 
The Final Encyclopedia, Gordon R. Dickson 	                        X
Gryphon's Eyrie, Andre Norton, A. C. Crispin 	               X
Planet of No Return, Harry Harrison 	                                X
The Inheritor, 	Marion Zimmer Bradley 	                       X
Incarnate, Ramsey Campbell 	                                        X
Shadoweyes, 	Kathryn Ptacek 	                               X
Educ J Parrish: Ghost, Haunt, Russell Martin 	                        X 
Ikon, Graham Masterton 	                                                X
The Pariah, Graham Masterton 	                                        X
Cast a Cold Eye, Alan Ryan 	                                        X 
A Manhattan Ghost Story, T. M. Wright 	                                X
Tales of the Flying Mountains, Poul Anderson 	                        X
A Midsummer Tempest, Poul Anderson 	                                X
Past Times, Poul Anderson 	                                        X  
The Unicorn Trade, Poul Anderson, Karen Anderson 	       X        X
Conflict, Poul Anderson 	                                        X
The Pig Plantagenet,Allen Andrews 	                                X
Castle Crespin, Allen Andrews 	                                        X
Jupiter Project, Gregory Benford 	                                X
The Stars in Shroud, Gregory Benford 	                                X
Out of the Sun, Ben Bova 	                                        X
Escape Plus, Ben Bova 	                                                X
Spirits of Flux & Anchor, Jack L. Chalker 	                        X
Spirits of Flux & Anchor, Jack L. Chalker 	                        X
Empires of Flux & Anchor, Jack L. Chalker 	                        X
Blood on the Moon, Barney Cohen 	                                X
The Black Company, Glen Cook 	                                        X
Shadows Linger, Glen Cook 	                                        X
Homecoming, John Dalmas 	                                        X
The Yngling, John Dalmas 	                                        X
The Last Master, Gordon R. Dickson 	                                X
Hoka!,Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson                                  X

Re: Tor, same year (part two)

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

The Forlorn Hope, David Drake 	                                        X
Cross the Stars,David Drake 	                                        X
Anvil of the Heart, Bruce T. Holmes 	                                X
Conan the Magnificent,Robert Jordan 	                                X
Conan the Destroyer,  Robert Jordan 	                                X
Conan the Victorious, Robert Jordan 	                                X
The Monitors,Keith Laumer 	                                        X
Once There Was a Giant, Keith Laumer	                                X
A Trace of Memory, Keith Laumer 	                                X
Creation Descending, Jack Lovejoy 	                                X
The Second Kingdom, Jack Lovejoy 	                                X
The Helix and the Sword, John C. McLoughlin 	                        X
Wheel of Stars,Andre Norton 	                               X
The Darkangel, Meredith Ann Pierce 	                       X
Midas World, Frederik Pohl 	                                        X
Men of War, J. E. Pournelle 	                                        X
Blood and Iron, J. E. Pournelle, John F. Carr 	                        X
Chaos in Lagrangia,  Mack Reynolds 	                                X
Stardance, Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson 	               X                        X
The Last of Danu's Children, Alison Rush 	               X
The First Book of Swords, Fred Saberhagen 	                        X 
The Third Book of Swords, Fred Saberhagen 	                        X
The Gate of Worlds, Robert Silverberg 	                                X
Mallworld, Somtow Sucharitkul 	                                        X
World's End, Joan D. Vinge 	                               X
Ambassador of Progress,  Walter Jon Williams 	                        X 
Damnation Alley, Roger Zelazny 		                                X
The Castle of Doom, Richard Brightfield 	                        X
Island of Fear, Richard Brightfield 	                                X
Terror Under the Earth Richard Brightfield 	                        X
The Adventures of Samurai Cat, Mark E. Rogers 	                        X
Kindred Spirits, Alan Brennert                                          X 
The Black Tide, Hammond Innes 	                                        X 
Wake in Darkness, Donald E. McQuinn 	                                X
Brother Esau, Douglas Orgill, John Gribbin 	                        X
total                                                          9       60

Re: Tor, same year (part two)

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

So in a year when Baen was running 1:2.5 F:M, Tor was running 1:6.7.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

The Zanzibar Cat, Joanna Russ

A bright shiny penny for anyone who talks the current Baen management into doing a 201n edition of How to Suppress Women's Writing (because obviously compared to some other publisher, Baen really does not have the hang of this).

[isfdb.livejournal.com]

It's interesting that you're using isfdb for this as we don't actually record the gender of authors (or editors, reviewers or artists). It's been suggested that we do so, and in fact one of our newer editors, Darrah Chavey, claims a specialty in SF by women authors.