Recoding gender : women's changing participation in computing
The untold history of women and computing: how pioneering women succeeded in a field shaped by gender biases.
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Langue: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England : The MIT Press,
[2012]
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| Titres liés à la collection: | History of computing
History of Computing Ser. |
| Sujets: | Computer industry Women in computer science Electronic books |
| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource (X, 247 Seiten) |
| Résumé: | The untold history of women and computing: how pioneering women succeeded in a field shaped by gender biases. Intro -- History of Computing Series -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Rediscovering Women's History in Computing -- Chapter 1 Breaking Codes and Finding Trajectories: Women at the Dawn of the Digital Age -- Chapter 2 Seeking the Perfect Programmer: Gender and Skill in Early Data Processing -- Chapter 3 Software Crisis or Identity Crisis? Gender, Labor, and Programming Methods -- Chapter 4 Female Entrepreneurs: Reimagining Software as a Business -- Chapter 5 Gender in Academic Computing: Alternative Career Paths and Norms -- Appendix: Oral History Interviews Conducted For This Project -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource (X, 247 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9780262305464 0262305461 9780262018067 0262018063 |