Recoding gender women's changing participation in computing

Today, women earn a relatively low percentage of computer science degrees and hold proportionately few technical computing jobs. Meanwhile, the stereotype of the male "computer geek" seems to be everywhere in popular culture. Few people know that women were a significant presence in the ea...

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Main Author Abbate, Janet
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012
SeriesHistory of computing.
Subjects
Women in computer science.
Computer industry.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780262305464
Physical Description1 online zdroj (x, 247 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Rediscovering Women's History in Computing
  • 1. Breaking Codes and Finding Trajectories: Women at the Dawn of the Digital Age
  • 2. Seeking the Perfect Programmer: Gender and Skill in Early Data Processing
  • 3. Software Crisis or Identity Crisis? Gender, Labor, and Programming Methods
  • 4. Female Entrepreneurs: Reimagining Software as a Business
  • 5. Gender in Academic Computing: Alternative Career Paths and Norms
  • Appendix: Oral History Interviews Conducted for This Project.

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