Maximum PC has a list of the 15 Most Important Women in Tech History Do a quick Google News search for "women in technology" and your results are sure to
Women in STEM, especially women in tech, have shaped history. Celebrate with some of our favorite quotes!
How PwC UK is supporting women in technology, helping to create a pipeline of future tech talent
The first time I questioned the conventional wisdom about the nature of women in technology was almost 20 years ago. I had assumed, rather clumsily, that women were not interested in technology because – well – there were not many women in technology. Yet, I saw how women excelled at technology related tasks. Why then were perfectly capable women, not in tech related positions?
Tina Tallon writes about how gendered technological bias and failures in the design of audio technology have affected how women’s voices are perceived in society.
Being a "woman in tech" is not a new phenomenon. For decades, women have held technical roles at tech companies or within the information technology (I.T.) departments of non-tech companies. Many of those women were pioneers in their own right and many made major contributions in their field.
ENIAC was the world's first electronic digital computer, and though it was glossed over in the history books, it was programmed by a team of six women. Remembering their contributions could inspire young women looking to break into the male-dominated tech industry.
"CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap" shows how far we've come -- and how far we have left to go
Watch the "Where did all the women in tech go?" video at BBC Ideas. Explore other related content via our curated "Futurefest: Occupy the future" playlist.
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Ada Lovelace Day celebrates the success of the world’s first computer programmer. But did you know that the UK’s leading software pioneeers were also women? Their story is inspiring for young women today, writes Naomi Alderman
The Innovators, Walter Isaacson's new book, tells the stories of the people who created modern computers. Women, who are now a minority in computer science, played an outsize role in that history.
Forget about those depressing stats: These sisters prove that there’s room for us at the table.
The Innovators, Walter Isaacson's new book, tells the stories of the people who created modern computers. Women, who are now a minority in computer science, played an outsize role in that history.
We’re always hearing about the lack of diversity in the technology industry, especially when it comes to black women. While their numbers may be small, black women are doing big things in the tech world.
In the past 120 years, these women have all made an impact on our world.
On December 9, 2022, over 60 high school seniors and educators took BART from Coliseum Station in East Oakland to visit a 19th floor AWS office in San Francisco as part of Girl Geek X’s Adopt-an-Oakland-School partnership with nonprofit Oakland Public Education Fund. The students hail from CCPA, a public Oakland school in East Oakland, … Continue reading "East Oakland high school students visit tech companies and meet diverse tech staff at field trips, starting with Amazon Web Services!"
Margaret Hamilton has a long list of accomplishments. She is a computer scientist, a systems engineer, and even a business owner. She's also the woman who got man to the Moon.
History used to be one of our favorite subjects back in school. We absolutely adored learning about ancient cultures, long-gone civilizations, recent developments, and how things changed (though people mostly stayed the same). So whenever there’s a chance to share this passion for the past with you, we pounce!
Women filled computer-programming jobs in the U.S. and U.K. after World War II, but as government and business professionalized programming, the decline of female coders began.
These women changed the world. See how Intel is changing the face of tech — with an unprecedented initiative aiming for diversity in the workforce.
For hundreds of years, the term "computer" was a job title for a human before machines took over the job, and in the late 19th century, computers weren't just human, they were mostly women. An English Countess and Victorian mathematician, Ada Lovelace, is regarded as the first computer programmer an
ENIAC was the world's first electronic digital computer, and though it was glossed over in the history books, it was programmed by a team of six women. Remembering their contributions could inspire young women looking to break into the male-dominated tech industry.
In the mid-20th century, when discrimination and segregation were rife, a number of black women were making their mark at NASA. Here are just a few
The Innovators, Walter Isaacson's new book, tells the stories of the people who created modern computers. Women, who are now a minority in computer science, played an outsize role in that history.
The goal of Ada Lovelace Day is to create new role models for girls and women in these male-dominated fields by raising the profile of other women in STEM. Today is Ada Lovelace Day - October 16, 2012 is about blogging and sharing stories of women, from engineers to scientists, from [...]
Since anyone could (and still can) say anything on the internet, people began challenging unbelievable and outlandish online claims with the phrase "pics or it didn't happen," shutting down many ridiculous discussions before they even begin.
America's first female mayor may have been nominated as a prank, but her win paved the way for other women to hold office. Read on for more Women's History Month moments.
A lot of computing pioneers, the ones who programmed the first digital computers, were women. For decades, the number of women in computer science was growing. But in 1984, something changed.
Gather round for some stories of excellent women from recent and ancient history who lived all over the world.
These lessons and resources are an excellent way to investigate and understand women as changemakers, activists, and heroines
A "prophet of the computer age," she saw the potential for computers outside of pure mathematics
Eight downloadable posters celebrating women of STEM perfect for displaying in kids' rooms and classrooms!
As an African American woman working at NASA in the 1950s, Annie Easley ushered in a new way for women to work and dress
History is littered with examples of pioneering women who were instrumental in creating the technological world in which we now live. Here’s something a lot of people didn’t know. The first published…
Women in technology are outnumbered and can feel outgunned, but it doesn't have to be all bad. The industry's sexism problem actually gave me a great investor mix.
The Innovators, Walter Isaacson's new book, tells the stories of the people who created modern computers. Women, who are now a minority in computer science, played an outsize role in that history.
