Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing 9780262018067, 2012009891, 0262018063
Today, women earn a relatively low percentage of computer science degrees and hold proportionately few technical computi
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Table of contents :
History of Computing Series......Page 3
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction: Rediscovering Women’s History in Computing......Page 12
Chapter 1 Breaking Codes and Finding Trajectories: Women at the Dawn of the Digital Age......Page 22
Chapter 2 Seeking the Perfect Programmer: Gender and Skill in Early Data Processing......Page 50
Chapter 3 Software Crisis or Identity Crisis? Gender, Labor, and Programming Methods......Page 84
Chapter 4 Female Entrepreneurs: Reimagining Software as a Business......Page 124
Chapter 5 Gender in Academic Computing: Alternative Career Paths and Norms......Page 156
Appendix: Oral History Interviews Conducted For This Project......Page 188
Notes......Page 190
Bibliography......Page 236
Index......Page 254
History of Computing Series......Page 3
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction: Rediscovering Women’s History in Computing......Page 12
Chapter 1 Breaking Codes and Finding Trajectories: Women at the Dawn of the Digital Age......Page 22
Chapter 2 Seeking the Perfect Programmer: Gender and Skill in Early Data Processing......Page 50
Chapter 3 Software Crisis or Identity Crisis? Gender, Labor, and Programming Methods......Page 84
Chapter 4 Female Entrepreneurs: Reimagining Software as a Business......Page 124
Chapter 5 Gender in Academic Computing: Alternative Career Paths and Norms......Page 156
Appendix: Oral History Interviews Conducted For This Project......Page 188
Notes......Page 190
Bibliography......Page 236
Index......Page 254
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