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Women in Computers - Programming - Internet - Cyberculture

Women who have made a difference in the world of computers, the internet, and cyberspace.
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Esther Dyson
A profile of one of the most powerful women in the computer field, Esther Dyson.

Activism Goes Digital
In 2004, the April 25 March for Women's Lives was significant not only for its large turnout and energizing effect on pro-choice activists, but for the use of technology in organizing the event and working to get the message out.

Entrepreneurial Women Tackle Tech
PCWorld explores why women tech entrepreneurs are underfunded, despite experience, education, and willingness.

Why Doesn't Barbie Want To Play With Pascal?
About.com Guide to Private Schools, Robert Kennedy, looks at why girls aren't studying the computer sciences.

Women Gamers Move Up the Charts
PC World highlights an all-female international online gaming team, called "girlz 0f destruction." Who says that online games are for males only?

Women Were First Computer Programmers
Excerpted from a history of programming, this article shows how women were given the first programming jobs because managers thought that the work would be clerical work.

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