We've come a long way, baby! But where women and technology are concerned, have we really?

Proceedings ACM SIGUCCS User Services Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 380-387

  Todd, Kim ^a   Mardis, Lori ^a   Wyatt, Patricia ^a  

^a NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

computing history; education reform; gender bias; gender stereotypes; gender studies; technology careers; women

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING HISTORY; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; FEMALE WORKERS; GENDER BIAS; GENDER STEREOTYPES; GENDER STUDIES; HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; IT CAREER; MENTORING PROGRAMS; NUMERICAL INTEGRATOR; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES; ROLE MODEL; WOMEN AND TECHNOLOGY; WOMEN IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; WOMEN IN IT;

BIOGRAPHIES; EDUCATION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77953075608     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1099435.1099521     Document Type: Conference Paper

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